3.3 Preparation

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3.3 Preparation

One of the most important steps in any cross national analysis is the preparation - expressing the research question, understanding the data being used and getting the data into the right format.

This often takes more time that the analysis itself.

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3.1 Introduction
3.2 Learning objectives
3.3 Preparation
3.4 Things to look for in assessing micro data
3.5 Getting started
- 3.5.1 What happens when the results are questioned: Three different examples
- 3.5.2 Choosing your analysis platform
3.6 Applying weights
- 3.6.1 Example - the European Social Survey has two weights
- 3.6.2 Working with weights - practical issues
3.7. Preparing the data ready for analysis
- 3.7.1 Organising and documenting your analysis
- 3.7.2 Some do's and don't in managing your analysis
3.8. Documenting your analysis
3.9. Presenting your results
3.10 Further Exploration
3.11 Suggested reading

The University of Manchester; Mimas; ESRC; RDI

Countries and Citizens: Unit 3 Making cross-national comparisons using micro data by Siobhan Carey, Department for International Development is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales Licence.