Table 3. The mean, standard deviation and preservation of data (PD) of five data cleaning approaches with and without an algorithm (A) compared to uncleaned longitudinal growth measurements in Dogslife, SAVSNET and Banfield data.
| Method | Dogslife | SAVSNET | Banfield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | Height | |||||||
| Mean ± SD | PD (%) | Mean ± SD | PD (%) | Mean ± SD | PD (%) | Mean ± SD | PD (%) | |
| Uncleaned | 25.71 ± 69.77 | 100.00 | 47.90 ± 12.50 | 100.00 | 23.72 ± 18.26 | 100.00 | 21.32 ± 10.65 | 100.00 |
| GCO | 24.52 ± 8.80 | 86.20 | 48.48 ± 11.20 | 83.33 | 23.57 ± 9.93 | 88.90 | 21.31 ± 10.62 | 99.20 |
| GCO-A | 24.53 ± 8.82 | 86.33 | 48.46 ± 11.20 | 83.61 | 23.58 ± 9.92 | 88.91 | 21.31 ± 10.62 | 99.23 |
| SZCO | 24.57 ± 9.21 | 86.26 | 48.56 ± 10.92 | 83.00 | 23.57 ± 9.93 | 88.90 | 21.28 ± 10.59 | 99.15 |
| SZCO-A | 24.52 ± 8.81 | 86.26 | 48.39 ± 10.92 | 83.54 | 23.57 ± 9.92 | 88.91 | 21.28 ± 10.58 | 99.21 |
| TZCO | 24.46 ± 8.71 | 85.92 | 48.85 ± 10.50 | 81.91 | 23.54 ± 9.86 | 88.41 | 21.29 ± 10.58 | 98.80 |
| TZCO-A | 24.45 ± 8.68 | 86.30 | 48.69 ± 10.54 | 83.54 | 23.52 ± 9.84 | 88.91 | 21.29 ± 10.57 | 99.21 |
| NLR | 24.47 ± 8.69 | 86.11 | 48.99 ± 10.41 | 81.45 | 23.57 ± 9.93 | 88.90 | 21.30 ± 10.62 | 99.21 |
| NLR-A | 24.46 ± 8.70 | 86.32 | 48.96 ± 10.39 | 83.57 | 23.57 ± 9.92 | 88.91 | 21.30 ± 10.62 | 99.21 |
| NLME | 24.46 ± 8.63 | 85.49 | 49.22 ± 10.05 | 80.39 | 23.58 ± 9.91 | 88.51 | 21.31 ± 10.61 | 98.74 |
| NLME-A | 24.45 ± 8.66 | 86.10 | 49.25 ± 10.10 | 83.26 | 23.57 ± 9.91 | 88.77 | 21.30 ± 10.61 | 99.08 |
The mean ± SD describes the mean plus or minus the standard deviation of the growth measurements. The preservation of data (PD) describes the percentage of the original data that was preserved.