• Appraise importance of editing the collected raw data to detect errors and omissions.
  • Demonstrate how coding is used to assign numbers and other symbols to answers and to categorize responses.
  • Use content analysis to interpret and summarize open questions.
  • Describe options for data entry and manipulation.
  • Use cross-tabulation to examine relationships involving categorical variables.
  • Employ the six-step hypothesis testing procedure.
  • Compare parametric and nonparametric tests and when to use each.
  • Explain the factors that influence the selection of an appropriate test of statistical significance.
  • Interpret various test statistics.