What Is the Usual Order of Steps in Processing Completed

question 34

Multiple Choice

What is the usual order of steps in processing completed survey interviews or questionnaires?

• A) data entry  coding  editing  cleaning
• B) editing  coding  data entry  cleaning
• C) cleaning  coding  data entry  editing
• D) coding  data entry  cleaning  editing

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Definitions:

Consolidated Financial Statements

Financial statements that aggregate the financial position of a parent company and its subsidiaries into one document, showing the overall health of the corporate group.

Inventory Purchase

The acquisition of goods and materials that a company intends to sell, considered as a current asset on the balance sheet.

Perpetual Inventory Method

A method of accounting that instantly documents the sale or acquisition of inventory utilizing computerized point-of-sale systems and software for managing enterprise assets.

Gross Profit Rate

The ratio of gross profit (sales minus cost of goods sold) to net sales, showing the efficiency at which a company produces its goods.