Definition: Validity error

Category: UN - Data editing terminology

An occurrence of the value of a data item which is not an element of the set of permissible codes or values assigned to that data item. http://www1.unece.org/stat/platform/display/kbase/Glossary
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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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