This document describes some of the common data processing checks, techniques and procedures undertaken during the ingest processing of quantitative data collections at the UK Data Archive. Since the bulk of quantitative data acquired by the Archive remains social survey data or similar, the guidance is concentrated on the major statistical software packages and formats encountered, such as SPSS and Stata. Every data collection is unique and this guide is not intended to provide exhaustive information on all elements of ingest processing, which may be found elsewhere.

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