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codebook

For quantitative research, a document that describes the content and structure of a dataset. It typically contains information about the variable names for each survey question and the numerical values assigned to each response option. For qualitative research, codebooks describe the criteria that the researchers used when deciding how to categorize and label their data.

coding

In qualitative analysis, the process of identifying relevant themes through reading and review of the relevant data. In survey research, coding refers more narrowly to the process of assigning numerical values to each survey question’s response options so that the respondents’ responses can be recorded in a quantitative dataset.

secondary data analysis

Analysis of data that has previously been collected by other researchers.

big data

Large datasets that typically have been created through automated processes (such as data generated by online platforms) and require sophisticated data-processing techniques to analyze.

descriptive statistics

Large datasets that typically have been created through automated processes (such as data generated by online platforms) and require sophisticated data-processing techniques to analyze.