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Peer reviewedChapman, David W.; Boothroyd, Roger A. – Comparative Education Review, 1988
Contends that, in developing countries, attention must be paid to the quality of data going into computer-based information management systems; otherwise implementation of the system may provide only a deceptively systematic procedure for making random decisions. Examines errors, assumptions, inabilities, and omissions that threaten data quality…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Processing, Database Management Systems, Developing Nations
