Nutrition surveys penalized for the criterion (%) | |
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Selection of basic sampling unit | |
1) No cross-checking of the source for population size | 51 |
2) Household selection in cluster sampling done by the "spin the pen" method | 76 |
3) Further household selection by proximity with no interval between households | 72 |
4) No definition of household | 60 |
5) No description of revisit strategy | 53 |
6) Number of nonresponding households not reported | 92 |
Nutrition data collection | |
1) No evidence that standardization of measurements was performed | 69 |
2) No evidence that interviewers explained that the survey would not affect relief allocation for the household | 87 |
3) No evidence of field supervision, including direct observation of interviews by investigators | 85 |
4) No evidence that data collection forms were checked at the end of each day by investigators | 95 |
5) Absence of detailed description of the accuracy of the material used for weight measurements | 49 |
6) Absence of detailed description of the accuracy of the material used for height measurements | 100 |
7) Absence of detailed description of the accuracy of the material used for MUAC measurements | 97 |
8) Inclusion of children based on age or height | 74 |
9) No report of the percentage of children with age estimated from birth certificate | 48 |
Analysis of nutrition data | |
1) No information on number of data discarded from the analysis because of child's inclusion errors or anthropometric flags | 42 |
2) No evidence that adjustment of standard errors for clustering was done, when relevant | 38 |
3) No information about standard deviation of weight-for-height index | 70 |