Data quality pitfalls to avoid when preparing UWUO reports
Chris highlighted common problems—siloed spreadsheets, inconsistent units, incomplete fields, and mismatched interpretations—and recommended teams track provenance, standardize units and correct source databases rather than overriding the UWUO spreadsheet.
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Chris detailed recurring data-quality issues that can undermine UWUO accuracy. He warned that when knowledge about how data are collected is siloed "it's very possible to... end up with reporting something that's inconsistent," and he called out inconsistent units (for example, cubic feet vs. 100-cubic-feet or reporting values in gallons) as a specific risk.
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