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Vol. I · No. 251
Mon · 8 Jun
A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data
The Lexicon

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data quality

/ˈdeɪ.tə ˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti/ - n.

1 [colloq.] A program everyone funds, no one owns, and the dashboard reports as green.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. The degree to which a dataset is fit for its intended use, measured across dimensions such as accuracy, completeness, timeliness, consistency, validity, and uniqueness.

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See also
  • data quality dimensionOne of six words a vendor promises to measure and a scorecard promises to average into a single reassuring number.
  • fitness for useThe clause that lets data fail every dimension and still pass, because no one wrote down the use.
  • quality scorecardA page that averages six things no one acts on into one number no one questions.