Data cleaning

In Data & data management

Data cleaning is the work of finding and resolving errors, gaps, and inconsistencies in trial data before analysis. It runs continuously through a trial rather than only at the end, using edit checks, queries, listings, and reconciliation against other data sources. A clean database is a precondition for lock.

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