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operations. For this purpose, it jointly, the number of · partners
was first ensured that was marked after counting the
documents from all the selected partners list on the concerned
mouzas, villages and urban questionnaires. During this
blocks were received. In this phase it was also ensured that
connection the forms were no section · of any questionnaire
actually counted and matched would have been un-logica!ly
with the number recorded on left blank. These operations
the concerned sample selection were performed in Coding
forms and listing sheets (Form- Section which was organized as
1 of each selected mouza I part of the Control Section.
village/ block). All cases of over
and under reporting were (3) Manual Editing
thoroughly investigated and
reconciled. · The completed The census field operation was
documents of each mouza I carried out by a large number of
village / . biock were placed in-, enumerators scattered all over
separate and properly labe1ed the country and having varied
kit bags showing the intellectual levels, so their filled-
identification of area and the in questionnaires re.quired quite

inventory of the documents a great deal of editing. In
contained therein . The kit bags, addition, as the data on various
in turn, were placed in shelves characteristics of a farm should
on which tehsii / taluka codes be apparently coherent, their .
were systematically · marked. inter-matching was needed in
This arrangement facilitated the the light of their already known
easy retrieval of documents. relationships. Similarly, various
The Control Section issued totals and sub-totals were also
documents for coding, editing, required to be checked.
data entry and other operations Therefore, in view of the above,
involved in data processing and the questionnaires were
kept a meticulous record of the manually edited and for this
movement of all census purpose a long list of editing
documents through various .checks was priorly drawn.
stages of processing. Manual editing preceding
computer editing proved
(2) Coding helpful in · reducing the
correction work to be performed
The census questionnaire was subsequently. Further, this
fully pre-coded but the area arrangement also facilitated the
code was manually inserted data entry operations as illegible
after return of · the filled-in entries were also made legible
questionnaires. Besides, 1n during the manual editing. This
case of households operating work · was entrusted to the

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