Controversy in Determining Criteria and Categories in Summarizing and Exploring The Research Data; Analysis of Assessment Procedures in The Social Science Research

Determination of criteria and categorization of data in measurement is a crucial moment when processing research data. Overview, exploration and presentation of data will be effective and valid if the criteria set meets the requirements, both from a theoretical and statistical perspective. However, the fact that often arises, especially in beginner researchers made a mistaken in determining the criteria and categories. These errors are often indicated in the form of incomprehension and negligence of researchers in placing data types with the type of methodology. This paper describes various errors in determining criteria and categories of research data, determining criteria and categories of research data, and suggesting their meaning, especially in social science research. This research involved respondents from four different types of assessments, which is 428 respondents from Daharnis-Zadrian Majoring Choices Inventory (DZ-MCI) and 174 respondents from the Acceptability of Mental-Health Mobile-App Survey (AMMS), as well as 1190 respondents from the development of DLAS and DLESS inventory. The results of the study show that the determination of categories and criteria in data processing greatly impacts the truth of data exposure and advanced data analysis. Implications of these studies for determining categories and criteria of research on social science research are discussed