Data quality in context

Communications of the ACMPublished 1 May 1997Open access

Diane M. Strong, Yang W. Lee, Richard Y. Wang

DOI10.1145/253769.253804

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A new study reveals businesses are defining data quality with the consumer in mind, and within this larger context of information systems, data is collected from multiple data sources and stored in databases.

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article Free Access Share on Data quality in context Authors: Diane M. Strong Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MAView Profile , Yang W. Lee MIT, Cambridge, MA MIT, Cambridge, MAView Profile , Richard Y. Wang MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MAView Profile Authors Info & Claims Communications of the ACMVolume 40Issue 5May 1997pp 103–110https://doi.org/10.1145/253769.253804Published:01 May 1997Publication History 697citation17,003DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations697Total Downloads17,003Last 12 Months2,271Last 6 weeks481 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteeReaderPDF

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