Study Number 6039 - Multi-Choice Policing Resources for Post-Conflict Situations: Rwanda and Liberia, 2006-2007

DATA PROCESSING NOTES

Data Archive Processing Standards

The data were processed to the UK Data Archive's A standard. A rigorous and comprehensive series of checks was carried out to ensure the quality of the data and documentation.�Firstly, checks were made that the number of cases and variables matched the depositor's records. Secondly, checks were made that all variables had variable labels and all nominal (categorical) variables had value labels. Where possible, either with reference to the documentation and/or in communication with the depositor, absent labels were created. Thirdly, logical checks were performed to ensure that nominal (categorical) variables had values within the range defined (either by value labels or in the depositor's documentation). Lastly, any data or documentation that breached confidentiality rules were altered or suppressed to preserve anonymity.

All notable and/or outstanding problems discovered are detailed under the 'Data and documentation problems' heading below.

Data and documentation problems

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Useful Notes
Consent was given for real names to remain. In the case of exceptions, names were removed pre-deposit. Note from depositor: For the most part co-researchers in Rwanda and Liberia regarded this as unnecessary and no interviewee asked for this. In the event, therefore, none of the interviews were conducted on the basis of confidentiality. The only exceptions were a survivor, the crime victims and where it was deemed appropriate to anonymise them to spare them any risk. Interviewees were, however, fully informed of the purpose of the research, asked for their consent to report what they said and promised a report summarising the findings. This has been sent to them.

Conversion of documentation formats

Electronic and paper documentation supplied with this study is usually incorporated into the UKDA User Guide (in PDF format). The conversion programmes used are the latest versions of Adobe PDF Writer for electronic documentation and Adobe Paper Capture (Acrobat 'plugin' version) for paper documentation. Occasionally, some�of the electronic documentation cannot be usefully converted to PDF (e.g. MS Excel files with wide worksheets) and this is supplied in�a more appropriate format. All User Guides are fully bookmarked.