Polybius defines the historian's task as the study and collation of documents, acquaintance with relevant geographical features, and, finally, political experience (XII, 25e); of these the last two are the most essential.
The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/11/312/prepub We are grateful to F.M. Olusanya, Emmanuel Afunwa, S. O Olayemi and staff of the Obafemi Awolowo University Health Center for assistance with data collection and collation.
A student researcher was hired to manage data collection and collation, and an instrument developer/statistician was hired to assist with survey instrument development, data analysis and interpretation.
But that may have changed with a significant Court of Appeal case on 27 March – Vidal-Hall, whiconcernedned claims by Apple Safari browser users against Google over secret tracking and collation of their browser-generated information and its sale to advertisers.
We need a better, more efficient system of data collection and collation.
coding (conceptual and semantic reading, probing and collation of the data) 3.
Then, step 2: perform the survey task (includes data collection and collation, calculations, etc).
Un-blinding was done after randomization had been closed, and collation and analysis were commenced.
coding (conceptual and semantic reading, probing and collation of the data).
The inefficiency of paper ballots and their handling and collation and tabulation is a feature, not a bug.
