The four stages of data analysis are:
A)Conceptual, theoretical, methodological, analytical.
B)Description, interpretation, conclusions and theorisation.
C)Literature, methodology, data gathering, data analysis.
D)Test, re-test, post-test, re-test.

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The four stages of data analysis are description (summarizing the data), interpretation (finding patterns, relationships and meanings from the summarized data), conclusions (drawing inferences from the analysis) and theorisation (developing theoretical explanations for the conclusions drawn). This process is commonly referred to as the "data analysis cycle" and is best represented by choice (B). Neither choice A nor choice C adequately represent the stages of data analysis, while choice D appears to describe a testing methodology rather than the process of data analysis.

The Four Stages of Data Analysis Are