Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan Database Content Review Manar Soliman, UNICEF Rajesh Sharma, DevInfo Support Group Workshop on Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data Amman 13 – 15 March 2007
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Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan
Database Content Review
Manar Soliman, UNICEF
Rajesh Sharma, DevInfo Support Group
Workshop on Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data
Amman 13 – 15 March 2007
Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan
Data quality proceduresDuring data collection:• Conduct a data inventory of all available data sources for the list of indicators to
be included in the DB and ensure reliable, recongnised sources and archive source documents for ready reference
• Collect recent data to report on MDG indicators• Collect data for multiple years to produce time series• Collect data for all possible geographical areas and subgroups
During data entry:• Enter metadata for each users’ defined indicators & sources• Sources’ names to follow the DI 5.0 format• Verify data values, time periods & sources against original sources• Do not include formulas in data values in spreadsheets• Verify area ids with their relevant area names and avoid duplication/mismatch• Check consistency of data values within time series, geographical areas and
subgroups)• Check consistency of source names with DI standards/within the same source to
avoid duplication and spell checking
Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan
No metadata for MDG indicators*
Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan
No metadata for user’s definedindicators & sources
Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan
Inconsistency within time series
Population size (thousands)
2,2113,446
32,589
3,352
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
35000
1990 2001 2002 2003
Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan
Inconsistency within subgroups
Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan
Time periods in different format
Preferably to enter the school year for education indicators
Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan
National DBs contain international data
Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan
Inconsistency in defining sources
Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan
No time series*
Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan
Projected data values for 2015
Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan
No recent data for MDG indicators
Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan
Data gaps in geographical coverage
Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan
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