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Staff discuss data quality screening, QA/QAPPs and options for citizen-submitted data
Summary
Participants raised technical questions about missing method detection limits and data qualifiers in federal WQX datasets; staff described automated QA review tools and said they are compiling QAPPs and can help connect citizen monitors with program staff.
Participants raised technical questions about data quality in the datasets used for assessments and how citizen-collected or third-party data are handled. Paul Padore, a commenter, asked whether missing reporting limits, method detection limits or analytical-method metadata in the WQX federal data exchange had been updated and how staff qualified values that were reported as detected…
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