Research Resources: Data Manipulation and Presentation
It is important to enter and organize the data in a manner that will ease analysis. The data collection form and methods should be developed and tested before initiation of the study.
At the 2006 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, Almut Winterstein, Ph.D., of the University of Florida College of Pharmacy, discussed data display and organization in her presentation,“Making Sense of Research Findings: Data Manipulation and Presentation” (search the Table of Contents for the presentation title, and then click on the title to listen).
Statistics at Square One provides a primer on several issues related to data display and summary. Included are brief discussions of nominal, ordinal and interval scales as well as information on data display including dot plots and histograms.