Section 5: INFORMATION PROCESSING


LESSON 3: DATA VALIDATION vs. DATA VERIFICATION

OBJECTIVES
At the end of this lesson you will be able to:

  a. Understand that errors can occur during data entry.

  b. Differentiate between two transcription errors:

        ·         Typographical and

·         Transposition.

  c. Define data verification

  d. Describe data verification methods:

                           ·         Double entry

              ·         Double checking

  e. Define data validation

  f.  Describe data validation methods:

                           ·         range check,

·         reasonableness checks,

·         data type checks,

·         inconsistency checks,

·         presence check,

·         length check.

   

g. Identify appropriate verification and validation checks given a particular scenario.




  

   a. Understand that errors can occur during data entry.


   b. Differentiate between two transcription errors:

        ·         Typographical and

·         Transposition.

 

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