Definition: Checking rule

Category: UN - Data editing terminology

Logical condition or restriction to the value of a data item or a data group which must be met if the data is to be considered correct. http://www1.unece.org/stat/platform/display/kbase/Glossary Eurostat, "Methodology for data validation 2.0 (Revised edition 2018)", Luxembourg, 2018
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Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UNECE), The Knowledge Base on Statistical Data Editing, Online glossary developed by the UNECE Data Editing Group, 2000
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