Data & Research Methods

Most researchers collect their survey data and move straight to analysis. But raw data is rarely clean, and unvalidated scales produce results that fall apart under scrutiny. This case study walks through the complete data preparation workflow for a Likert-scale survey on Perceived Supervisor Support, Burnout, and Intention to Leave among public sector employees in Gauteng — covering eight data cleaning checks, normality assessment, and a full reliability analysis using Pytho