The joys of keeping study data clean

So, I was double-checking our study data last week when I stumbled upon a participant whose height was entered as 2.5 meters. Naturally, I was like, ‘Either this person is a basketball player or we need to have a serious talk about data entry.’ It’s moments like these that remind me how crucial it’s to maintain accuracy while also keeping a sense of humor about the process. Have any of you encountered similar ‘data disasters’ in your research?

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