LQAS decision rules
LQAS Table: Decisions Rules for Sample Sizes of 12 and Coverage Targets/Average of 20-95%
Average Coverage (Baselines)/ Annual Coverage Targets (Monitoring and Evaluation)
Sample
Size < 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85% 90% 95%
20% % % % % % % % % % % % % %
N/A
12 1 1 2 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 10 11
Circle the data accuracy percentage and write it in section D3.2 of the monthly report and submit to the woreda office.
You could set a target for achievement in a specified period and use it for monitoring progress. The target can be broken
down on monthly basis. For example, if data accuracy is improving by 5% on monthly basis, the correct match number
should increase accordingly as shown in the LQAS table. As the correct match number increases compared to previous
months, it reflects improvement in level of data accuracy.
Achievement of data accuracy level at 95% means a high level of accuracy and needs to be maintained at that level.
Note: Please note that with sample size of 12 data elements, the data accuracy ranges +15%. That means that if the data
accuracy is 30%, the range is between 15% and 45%.