Mitigating Errors in SPARCnet Field Research Educational Activity
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This interactive lesson introduces students to common sources of error in ecological field research and data management using realistic examples from the SPARCnet project. Through a combination of lecture, scenarios based discussion, collaborative data-checking activities, and reflection, students learn to identify, prevent, detect, and correct errors that can occur during field data collection, animal processing, marking, and data entry. Include glossary, discussion scenarios, table of data errors, and example dataset with errors.
Source: QUBES
DOI: 10.25334/4ttv-3b49
Authors: Dinsmore, Carli, Sterrett, Sean
Institutions: Pennsylvania State University, Monmouth University
Language: English
Subfield: Statistics and Probability
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7164940745
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