Is it time to stop sweeping data cleaning under the carpet? A novel algorithm for outlier management in growth data

Charlotte S. C. Woolley; Ian G. Handel; B. Mark Bronsvoort; Jeffrey J. Schoenebeck; Dylan N. Clements

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0228154

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Is it time to stop sweeping data cleaning under the carpet? A novel algorithm for outlier management in growth data

Charlotte S. C. Woolley ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: s1576473@sms.ed.ac.uk

Affiliations The Roslin Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9176-8389

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Ian G. Handel,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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B. Mark Bronsvoort,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations The Roslin Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Jeffrey J. Schoenebeck,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations The Roslin Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Dylan N. Clements

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations The Roslin Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Is it time to stop sweeping data cleaning under the carpet? A novel algorithm for outlier management in growth data

Charlotte S. C. Woolley,
Ian G. Handel,
B. Mark Bronsvoort,
Jeffrey J. Schoenebeck,
Dylan N. Clements

Published: January 24, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228154

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