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documents through various above, the questionnaires were
stages of processing. manually edited and for
this purpose a long list of
(2) Goding editing checks was priorly
drawn. Manual editing preceding
The census questionnaire was computer editing proved helpful
fully pre-coded but the area in reducing the correction work
code was manually inserted to be performed subsequenfly.
after return of the filled-in Further, this arrangement also
questionnaires. Besides, in case facilitated the data entry
of households operating joinfly, operations as illegible entries
the number of partners was were also made legible during
marked after counting the the manual editing. This work
partners list on the concerned was entrusted to the Census
questionnaires. During this Master Trainers (CMTs) who had
phase it was also ensured that
already worked in the field and
no section of any questionnaire were well acquainted with
would have been un-logically
the census concepts and
left blank. These oper"tioni interrelationships of various
were performed in Coding items. Editing was done stricfly
Section which was organized as ln accordance with the written
part of the Control Section.
instructions (editing checks) and
all important decisions on odd
(3) Manual Editing cases were taken in writing after
thorough discussion and in depth
The census field operation was review at appropriate level.
carried out by a large number of
enumerators scattered all over (4) Data Entry and Verification
the country and having varied
intellectual levels, so their filled- The manually edited quesfio-
in questionnaires required quite nnaires we!-e passed on to
a great deal of editing. In the Computer Centre, Federal
addition, as the data on various
Bureau of Statistics, Lahore in a
characteristics of a farm should systematic manner for data entry
be apparently ccherent, their and verification.
inter-matching was needed in
the light of ti.:eir already known
Data entry was carried out in
relation-snips" Simiiarly, various
free format (code and data) to
totals and sub-totels were expedite data entry operations
also required to be checked.
and avoid un-necessary key
Therefcre, in view of the
depressions for blank fields. A
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