Before Questionnaire Data Can Be Used, It Must Be ____

Before questionnaire data can be used, it must be ____, which involves inspecting it for completeness and consistency, checking to see if respondents understood the question or followed a particular sequence they were supposed to in a branching question, and/or eliminating questionnaires due to missing data or responses on screening questions.

A) prepared
B) edited
C) transformed
D) entered
E) coded