The quality of data has a huge impact on the results of research.
Inaccurate or incorrect steps
involved in data collection, preparation or analysis will lead to inaccurate results. For example, if the respondent fails to respond to the research questions because of noise in any form, the quality of results will be affected at large. To guarantee the quality of research results it is important to “pre-process” data before analyzing it. There are several ways in which data can be prepared.