mod 3 Flashcards
management question: Evaluation of soultions
can we achieve the objectives we have set?
management question: choice of purchase
What do we want to achieve
management question: troubleshooting
diagnosing ways an organization is failing to meet its goals
management question: Control
monitoring or diagnosing ways an organization is failing to meet its goals
Syntactical units
the specific, author-defined words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs.
Referential units
describe objects by using words and phrases. Makes inferences about attitudes, values, or preferences
Propositional units
assertions about an object
Thematic units
The topics contained within (and across) texts
frequency table
arrays category codes from lowest value to highest value, with columns for count, percent, valid percent, and cumulative percent.
when to use the frequency table
to understand which options occur more or less often in the dataset
Exploration
What information sources should be used and what methods will be used to extract information from these sources?
MCAR
when the missing data is not dependent on its own or other variables
MAR
where the data is missing because of another variable
MNAR
where the data is missing depending on its own variables but not others
listwise deletion
any case with missing data on one variable is deleted from the sample for all analyses of that variable.
