Improving data accuracy: Selecting the best data checking technique
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Highlights：
• Data checking is used to correct errors that occur during manual data entry.
• Double entry is substantially more effective than visual checking and read aloud.
• VC and RA fail to correct many existing errors and also introduce many errors.
• After checking, most errors are within the allowable range for the variables.
• Therefore, histograms are not an adequate substitute for entry-by-entry checking.
摘要
•Data checking is used to correct errors that occur during manual data entry.•Double entry is substantially more effective than visual checking and read aloud.•VC and RA fail to correct many existing errors and also introduce many errors.•After checking, most errors are within the allowable range for the variables.•Therefore, histograms are not an adequate substitute for entry-by-entry checking.
论文关键词：Data checking,Double entry,Read aloud,Visual checking
论文评审过程：Available online 20 April 2013.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.02.021
