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Check Population Data Quality

check_pop_data_quality.Rd

Validation checks on population data from POLIS and returns flagged rows.

Usage

check_pop_data_quality(pop_data, dataset_source = 2)

Arguments

dataset_source

int FKDataSet_ID, defaults to 2.

pop_rds

tibble Population data from POLIS. Output of load_polis_pop.

Value

tibble Summary table with one row per GUID that has validation issues. Returns empty tibble with correct structure if all checks pass.

Details

Validation checks include:

  • Required columns exist

  • No missing values in Value, StartDate, AgeGroupCode, PlaceId

  • Value is non-negative

  • StartDate is not after EndDate

  • CreatedDate and UpdatedDate are not in the future

  • Each Admin GUID has all three age groups (0-5Y, 0-15Y, ALL)

  • Each Admin GUID maps to a single parent admin

  • Value is within 2 median absolute deviation per admin and age group

There are several data sources (from the FK_DataSetId column).They include:

  • 1: Unknown

  • 2: POLIS default

  • 17: Unknown

  • 19: country population data

  • 41: LandScan data

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
check_pop_data_quality(raw_dist_pop)
check_pop_data_quality(raw_prov_pop)
check_pop_data_quality(raw_prov_pop)
} # }