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What is meant by data?

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Quantitative (numeric) data can be either micro or macro data. Micro data consist of the coded responses to survey questions (for example a ‘yes’ response could be coded as ‘1’ and a ‘no’ response as ‘0’) where each row of data corresponds to an individual, household, family, or organisation and each column corresponds to a survey question. Micro data are usually made available in SPSS, Stata and tab-delimited formats. Macro data consist of aggregate figures (for example country-level economic indicators) and can usually be viewed and analysed using Excel.Qualitative material includes in-depth interviews, diaries, anthropological field notes and the complete answers to survey questions. Qualitative material is typically available as word-processed documents or databases.To analyse the data, users usually need to have access to the appropriate software. However, a range of data is available via Online data analysis tools.