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  • Collecting Data
    • Overview - Collecting Data
    • Step 1: Define Your Needs
      • Assess What You Have to Do
      • Explore Your Options
    • Step 2: Clearly Define the Project
      • Define Your Project Goal
      • Assess Available Resources
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    • Step 3: Identify the Data Sources
      • Use Current Research as a Guide
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      • Collecting New Data
    • Step 4: Plan How to Store the Data
      • Defining Variables (Data Dictionary)
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    • Step 5: Choose Your Project Design
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      • Assess Available Methods
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      • Plan Data Collection and Follow-Up Procedures
      • Ethical Issues, Confidentiality, & Other Considerations
    • Step 7: Consult and Test
      • Consult with Colleagues, Experts, and Outsiders
      • Test Your Data Collection Tool
    • Step 8: Start Collecting
  • Analyzing Data
    • Overview - Analyzing Data
    • Step 1: Assess Your Data
      • Obtaining Your Data
      • Protecting an Original Version of Your Data
      • Assessing Your Statistical Resources
    • Step 2: Validate the Data
    • Validation of Continuous Variables
    • Validation of Categorical Variables
    • Step 3: Clean the data
      • The Purpose of Data Cleaning
      • Identifying Your Needs
      • Determine the Current and Desired Quality Levels
      • Discover the Scope of the Problem
      • Clean the Data Using a Predefined Specification
      • Identify Methods to Minimize More Bad Data
      • Deliver the data
    • Step 4: Plan your Analysis
    • Step 5: Do Your Analysis
    • Step 6: Creating the Initial Report
  • Utilizing Data
    • Step 1: Define Your Goal for Communicating
    • Step 2: Determine Your Target Audience
      • Brainstorming
      • Prioritizing
      • Defining the Target Audience
    • Step 3: Choose the Communication Method(s)
      • Understand Your Audience
      • Communication Mediums
      • Choose the Right Method(s)
    • Step 4: Adopt Good Communication Principles
      • Write for Your Audience
      • Make It Visually Appealing
      • Make It Readable
      • Make It Credible
    • Step 5: Communicate Numbers Effectively
      • Communicating Statistics
      • Communicating with Charts and Graphs
    • Step 6: Provide a Take-Home Message
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