ABSTRACT

Figure 4.2 describes these different data collection options, along with their

advantages and disadvantages. No matter what approach is used to collect

responses, we recommend moving all data into an electronic environment to

facilitate analysis and presentation of the data. An electronic environment

provides functions that are unavailable when managing data by hand:

statistical functions, disaggregation of data according to demographic

subgroups, and formatting the analysis for easy export or pasting into tables

or graphs.