Title :
Improving data quality with dynamic forms
Author :
Chen, Kuang ; Chen, Harr ; Conway, Neil ; Dolan, Heather ; Hellerstein, Joseph M. ; Parikh, Tapan S.
Author_Institution :
Comput. Sci. Div., Univ. of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
Organizations in developing regions want to efficiently collect digital data, but standard data gathering practices from the developed world are often inappropriate. Traditional techniques for form design and data quality are expensive and labour-intensive. We propose a new data-driven approach to form design, execution (filling) and quality assurance. We demonstrate USHER, an end-to-end system that automatically generates data entry forms that enforce and maintain data quality constraints during execution. The system features a probabilistic engine that drives form-user interactions to encourage correct answers.
Keywords :
data integrity; probability; quality assurance; USHER; data entry forms generation; data gathering practices; data quality constraints maintenance; data-driven approach; dynamic forms; end-to-end system; form-user interactions; probabilistic engine; quality assurance; Clinical trials; Computer science; Engines; Feedback; Filling; Government; Medical services; Quality assurance; Spatial databases; Standards development;
Conference_Titel :
Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD), 2009 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Doha
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4662-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4663-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426738