Metadata
There is no single definition that adequately describes metadata, though it often is referred to as "data about data" or is a description of data. In other words, metadata is a set of highly structured and/or encoded data that describes a large set of data. It explains the data to be collected, processed, and published and answers questions regarding every facet of the documented data. The data can be an individual data item or a collection of data items, with a primary purpose of managing, understanding, and facilitating data. Most important, metadata describes diverse data products by emphasizing the similarities between them, thus allowing people to understand the diverse data a certain organization has produced.
In survey research, metadata plays a vital role; ...
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Reader's Guide
Ethical Issues In Survey Research
Measurement - Interviewer
Measurement - Mode
Measurement - Questionnaire
Measurement - Respondent
Measurement - Miscellaneous
Nonresponse - Item-Level
Nonresponse - Outcome Codes And Rates
Nonresponse - Unit-Level
Operations - General
Operations - In-Person Surveys
Operations - Interviewer-Administered Surveys
Operations - Mall Surveys
Operations - Telephone Surveys
Political And Election Polling
Public Opinion
Sampling, Coverage, And Weighting
Survey Industry
Survey Statistics
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