Meeting the challenge of high quality data entry: a free double-entry system

Barchard, Kimberly A.; Pace, Larry A.

doi:10.1504/ijss.2008.020053

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“…Any discordant WB strip interpretations were adjudicated by the WB assay operator and approved by the principal investigator. Data management was performed using a validated double‐data entry database (Excel 2016, Microsoft Corp.) . The study protocol was considered exempt by the American Red Cross Institutional Review Board and included a general research information sheet as part of donor consent describing possible use of their donation data or samples in medical research.…”

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Discordant human T‐lymphotropic virus screening with Western blot confirmation: evaluation of the dual‐test algorithm for US blood donations

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Discordant human T‐lymphotropic virus screening with Western blot confirmation: evaluation of the dual‐test algorithm for US blood donations

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“…In many industries, data entry error is minimized by employing skilled data operators or by using higher technology which is not affordable to small businesses or non-profit organizations. However, this results in increased cost of the project [20].…”

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Double Entry Data Capture as an Alternative Solution for Quality of E-Health Records

Ndume¹,

Nkansah-Gyekye²,

Ko³

2014

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This paper discusses the techniques designed for verification of data quality in a double entry system as a part of e-health data integration. The module discussed is the subsystem of the proposed integration architecture for data sharing in a low bandwidth environment. Our algorithm encompasses methods for cleaning databases containing dirty information about household survey as well as verification of the statistical data of the household. The algorithm was applied on the double entry system for Sample Vital Registration with Verbal Autopsy and found to be generic enough to be adopted in other similar surveys which use paper work. General termSoftware Development

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“…Simple data-entry errors, such as typing an incorrect number or skipping over a line, can drastically change the results of a study (Barchard & Pace, 2008Hoaglin & Velleman, 1995;Kruskal, 1960;Wilcox, 1998). For example, they can reverse the direction of a correlation or make a significant t test nonsignificant (Barchard & Verenikina, 2013).…”

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Comparing the accuracy and speed of four data-checking methods

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Double entry locates and corrects more data-entry errors than does visual checking or reading the data out loud with a partner. However, many researchers do not use double entry, because it is substantially slower. Therefore, in this study we examined the speed and accuracy of solo read aloud, which has never before been examined and might be faster than double entry. To compare these four methods, we deliberately introduced errors while entering 20 data sheets and then asked 412 randomly assigned undergraduates to locate and correct these errors. Double entry was significantly and substantially more accurate than the other data-checking methods. However, the double-entry participants still made some errors. Close examination revealed that whenever double-entry participants made errors, they made the two sets of entries match, sometimes by introducing new errors into the dataset. This suggests that double entry can be improved by focusing attention on making entries match the original data sheets (rather than each other), perhaps by using a new person for mismatch correction. Solo read aloud was faster than double entry, but not as accurate. Double entry remains the gold standard in data-checking methods. However, solo read aloud was often substantially more accurate than partner read aloud and was more accurate than visual checking for one type of data. Therefore, when double entry is not possible, we recommend that researchers use solo read aloud or visual checking.

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Meeting the challenge of high quality data entry: a free double-entry system

Cited by 7 publications

References 27 publications

Discordant human T‐lymphotropic virus screening with Western blot confirmation: evaluation of the dual‐test algorithm for US blood donations

Discordant human T‐lymphotropic virus screening with Western blot confirmation: evaluation of the dual‐test algorithm for US blood donations

Double Entry Data Capture as an Alternative Solution for Quality of E-Health Records

Comparing the accuracy and speed of four data-checking methods

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