The Best Way to Handle Omitted Responses Is To

question 2

Multiple Choice

The best way to handle omitted responses is to:

• A) determine whether the software used for data entry performs "error edit routines" that identify the wrong type of data.
• B) substitute the missing values with the median of the variable.
• C) leave the data space blank for missing data without any numerical value.
• D) substitute the missing values with the mean of the variable.
• E) check how the data analysis software handles missing data and then determine a course of action.

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