Data validation methods and discussion on Chinese materia medica resource survey.
- Author:
Yue ZHANG
1
;
Wei-Feng MA
;
Xiao-Bo ZHANG
;
Shou-Dong ZHU
;
Lan-Ping GUO
;
Xing-Xing WANG
Author Information
1. Resources Centre of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China. zhangyue1110@yahoo.com.cn
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Data Collection;
Databases, Pharmaceutical;
Materia Medica;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2013;38(13):2060-2062
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
From the beginning of the fourth national survey of the Chinese materia medica resources, there were 22 provinces have conducted pilots. The survey teams have reported immense data, it put forward the very high request to the database system construction. In order to ensure the quality, it is necessary to check and validate the data in database system. Data validation is important methods to ensure the validity, integrity and accuracy of census data. This paper comprehensively introduce the data validation system of the fourth national survey of the Chinese materia medica resources database system, and further improve the design idea and programs of data validation. The purpose of this study is to promote the survey work smoothly.