1. Using Technology to Increase Data Quality
University of Minnesota Extension
Mary Caskey
4th Year of this particular database
Dev database
Developed with data quality and ease of data entry in mind
Able to do things in the background
Current
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2. One stop shop for forms, curricula, etc,
Stories
News Flash.
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3. Overview course data; filtering options; Educator can filter to see their own courses
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4. Uniform look for course, partner education, PSE
Whether naming courses or partners or entering addresses – specific protocol so we don’t have duplicates
Icons - Reference pages and videos
In order to reduce errors, as much of the information is prepopulated.
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5. Discuss importance of making data entry as easy as possible for staff such as dropdown boxes
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6. Staff search for participant – strive to have unduplicated participants.
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7. Just a few slides on our link.
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11. Participants have the opportunity to make sure their information is correct.
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12. https://z.umn.edu/ASNNA_2018
Just a few slides on our link.
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13. Shows participants to enter from link.
Many quick reports to print.
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14. Easy to enter who attended each session.
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15. Paper vs. Digital Evaluation

16. How we are going paperless.
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21. Discuss importance of snapshot reports
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22. Error reports – how we clean data
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23. Example of error report
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24. Participation Rate of Eligible Population

25. PSE Partner Networks Able to how connectivity show partners
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27. Mary Caskey caske002@umn.edu 612-360-4508

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