Checklist · 16 items
Mapping data-quality checklist
The checks to run on a logger export before any minimum, maximum or mean is trusted.
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
Data-quality checks before analysing mapping data
Statistics computed on bad data are precise and wrong. Check the data first.
Common temperature mapping mistakes
Most failed studies fail before the loggers are placed — in the plan, the metadata or the calibration.
Data integrity for temperature records: ALCOA+ in practice
Temperature records are GxP records. Attributable, legible, contemporaneous, original, accurate — plus complete, consistent, enduring and available — is the checklist.