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Main Title Data Management for Quality Assurance.
Author Tatsch, C. E. ; Lentzen, D. E. ; Johnson, G. L. ;
CORP Author Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC.;Industrial Environmental Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Year Published 1984
Report Number EPA-68-02-3146; EPA-600/D-84-103;
Stock Number PB84-177971
Additional Subjects Information systems ; Quality assurance ; Environmental surveys ; Data processing ; Data acquisition ; Verifying ; Environmental assessment data system
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NTIS  PB84-177971 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 9p
Abstract
The article describes the application of quality assurance (QA) principles to two programs supporting EPA's Environmental Assessment Data System (EADS). The ultimate objective of any measurement program is the creation of data that is processed to provide information. The development of information (e.g., trends, parameter estimates) from data is a process that may be as difficult as the data production, if not more so. Application of QA principles to this interpretive phase of information production includes: (1) data acquisition (human/machine interface), (2) verification (range- and relational-checking), (3) data processing (transfer, transformations, and reduction), and (4) presentation of results (comparability, ease of interpretation).