Checklists for validation

1) Log Check:

• Is the program log clean (with no errors, warnings, uninitialized values, character to numeric conversions and vice versa?)

2) Cosmetic Check:

• Does the output match mock up?
• Are all words spelled correctly?
• Does the number [1] in header match footnote number?
• Does each footnote end with a period except reference?
• Does the footnote refer to corresponding listing? (For Tables)
• Are all variables aligned: Numeric – Right & decimal aligned, Character – Left aligned?
• Is there any truncation for character variables?
• Are ordering / display of subtitle consistent across all listings?
• Does 5 subjects in QC program (a random pick) match output?

3) Logic Check:

• Are the TLFs subset for right population?
• Does the number of records displayed match with QC program?
• Does the output content in each column relate to the annotated specification?
• Does the output make logical sense for the given data?
• Is there any duplicates in the given data?