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Definitions

QualityassuranceandQualitycontrolDatacontaminationTypesoferrors

QA/QCbestpractices

BeforedatacollectionDuringdatacollection/entryAfterdatacollection/entry

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LessonTopics

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LearningObjectivesAftercompletingthislesson,theparticipantwillbeableto:

DefinedataqualitycontrolanddataqualityassurancePerformqualitycontrolandassuranceontheirdataatallstagesoftheresearchcycle

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TheDataLifeCycle

DataONELifeCycle

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DefinitionsDataContamination:

Processorphenomenon,otherthantheoneofinterest,thataffectsthevariablevalueErroneousvalues

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Definitions:TypesofErrorsErrorsofCommission

IncorrectorinaccuratedataenteredExamples:malfunctioninginstrument,mistypeddataErrorsofOmissionDataormetadatanotrecordedExamples:inadequatedocumentation,humanerror,anomaliesinthefield

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DefiningQA/QCStrategiesforpreventingerrorsfromenteringadatasetActivitiestoensurequalityofdatabeforecollectionActivitiesthatinvolvemonitoringandmaintainingthequalityofdataduringthestudy

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QA/QCBeforeCollectionDefine&enforcestandards

FormatsCodesMeasurementunitsMetadataAssignresponsibilityfordataqualityBesureassignedpersoniseducatedinQA/QC

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QA/QCDuringDataEntryDoubleentry

DatakeyedinbytwoindependentpeopleCheckforagreementwithcomputerverification

RecordareadingofthedataandtranscribefromtherecordingUsetext-to-speechprogramtoreaddataback

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QA/QCDuringDataEntryDesigndatastoragewell:

MinimizenumberoftimesitemsthatmustbeenteredrepeatedlyUseconsistentterminologyAtomizedata:onecellperpieceofinformationDocumentchangestodataAvoidsduplicateerrorcheckingAllowsundoifnecessary

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MakesuredatalineupinpropercolumnsNomissing,impossible,oranomalousvaluesPerformstatisticalsummaries

QA/QCAfterDataEntry

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QA/QCAfterDataEntryLookforoutliers:

OutliersareextremevaluesforavariablegiventhestatisticalmodelbeingusedThegoalisnottoeliminateoutliersbuttoidentifypotentialdatacontamination

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Methodstolookforoutliers

GraphicalNormalprobabilityplotsRegressionScatterplots

MapsSubtractvaluesfrommean

QA/QCAfterDataEntry

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SummaryDatacontaminationisdatathatresultsfromafactornotexaminedbythestudythatresultsinaltereddatavaluesDataerrortypes:commissionoromissionQualityassuranceandqualitycontrolarestrategiesfor

preventingerrorsfromenteringadatasetensuringdataqualityforentereddatamonitoring,andmaintainingdataqualitythroughouttheproject

IdentifyandenforcequalityassuranceandqualitycontrolmeasuresthroughouttheDataLifeCycle

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ResourcesD.Edwards,inEcologicalData:Design,ManagementandProcessing,WKMichenerandJWBrunt,Eds.(Blackwell,NewYork,2000),pp.70-91.Availableatwww.ecoinformatics.org/pubsR.B.Cook,R.J.Olson,P.Kanciruk,L.A.Hook,Bestpracticesforpreparingecologicaldatasetstoshareandarchive.Bull.Ecol.Soc.Amer.82,138-141(2001).A.D.Chapman,“PrinciplesofDataQuality:.ReportfortheGlobalBiodiversityInformationFacility”(GlobalBiodiversityInformationFacility,Copenhagen,2004).Availableathttp://www.gbif.org/communications/resources/print-and-online-resources/download-publications/bookelets/

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