Table 4.

Number of procedures^*, operational challenges^**, coping actions^** and criticality ranking of the steps for ensuring an adequate set of structured secondary data in the health field for specific use in quantitative research.

Step	Procedures	Operational challenges	Coping actions	Critical order
1. Problem understanding	5	4	3	3
2. Resource planning	2	1	1	5
3. Data understanding	7	6	6	2
4. Data preparation	4	12	9	1
5. Data validation	1	1	1	6
6. Data distribution	3	3	3	4
Total	22	27	23	–

^*The procedures are listed in Table 1,

^**operational challenges and coping actions in Table 2.