ABSTRACT
The quantitative analysis of survey data requires that answers to questions are converted-into numbers. Many variables also require that answers be classified into categories. This process of converting answers to numbers and classifying answers is called coding. This chapter examines the six main steps in coding and classifying questionnaire data. These steps are:
1 classifying responses 2 allocating codes to each variable 3 allocating column numbers to each variable 4 producing a codebook 5 checking for coding errors 6 entering data.
