The first step in error detection is to:
A) reject an error value when it is very large or very small for a particular scaled item on the questionnaire.
B) determine whether the software used for data entry performs "error edit routines" that identify the wrong type of data.
C) categorize the number of errors in two or more questions, thus showing the relationship between those two variables.
D) determine the amount of nonresponse to individual questions.
E) identify the number of respondents who did not answer various questions on the questionnaire.

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The first step in error detection is to determine whether the software used for data entry performs "error edit routines" that identify the wrong type of data. This helps to catch errors from the beginning, before any further analysis is attempted. Rejecting an error value when it is very large or very small for a particular scaled item on the questionnaire (A), categorizing the number of errors in two or more questions to show the relationship between variables (C), determining the amount of nonresponse (D) or identifying the number of respondents who did not answer various questions on the questionnaire (E) are all important steps in error detection, but they come after first checking the software's error edit routines.

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