ABSTRACT
Editingofthesurveyschedulesisintendedtodetectandasfaras possibleeliminateerrorsinthecompletedquestionnaires.Itis certainlyoneoftheleastexcitingpartsofasurvey;theworktends tobeslow,repetitiveanddullandgivescausefornoneoftheenthusiasmassociatedwiththeinitialplanning,whilealsolackingthe interestinvolvedincollectingthedataandtheingenuityrequiredto analysethem.
