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Improving data accuracy: Selecting the best data checking technique.

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 wi...

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Publicado en:Computers in Human Behavior Vol. 29; no. 5; pp. 1917 - 1923
Autores principales: Barchard, Kimberly A., Verenikina, Yevgeniya
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. Sep2013
Materias:
Data entry
Preparation of data in electronic data processing
Computer input design
Word processing
Data editing
Data integrity
Online data processing
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Sumario: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.