Mapping data-quality checklist
The checks to run on a logger export before any minimum, maximum or mean is trusted.
16 items · Based on WHO Technical Supplement 8, PIC/S PI 041-1 (data integrity)
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Structure and metadata
Per-sensor checks
Decisions
General technical guidance written against the cited sources. Adapt it to your procedures; it is not a substitute for the applicable standard or a qualified reviewer's judgement.
Background reading
Temperature Mapping
Data-quality checks before analysing mapping data
Statistics computed on bad data are precise and wrong. Check the data first.
2026-09-13 · 3 min read
Temperature Mapping
Common temperature mapping mistakes
Most failed studies fail before the loggers are placed — in the plan, the metadata or the calibration.
2026-09-13 · 3 min read
GDP / GMP
Data integrity for temperature records: ALCOA+ in practice
Temperature records are GxP records. Attributable, legible, contemporaneous, original and accurate — plus complete, consistent, enduring and available.
2026-09-13 · 3 min read