An individual who has completed your research survey instrument has not responded to question 10 and has chosen to leave it blank.For purposes of quantitative data analysis,how would you respond to this issue?
A)Send the instrument back and ask the person to fill out the question.
B)Delete the individuals' survey completely from the database.
C)Assign a value for missing information such as a -999.
D)Re-contact the person and ask them why they did not respond.

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Assigning -999 or some other indicator for missing data is a common practice in quantitative data analysis. This allows the researcher to still include the rest of the individual's responses in the analysis while indicating that there was missing data for that particular question. Simply deleting the individual's survey or asking them to fill out the question retroactively may bias the results and is not usually recommended. Re-contacting the person may provide insight, but it can also be time-consuming and may not be feasible depending on the research design.

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