Posts Tagged ‘Data quality’
Addressing Data Quality
Data quality is important. It is the measure of how well suited a data set is to serve its specific purpose. A recent report highlighted the importance of data quality as well as the consequences of ignoring it. Venture Beat brought this interesting news to our attention in their article, “Ignoring data comes at a price,…
Read MoreGetting the Most Out of Your Data
Gathering data and using data are two completely different things. Gaining optimum business value from data and the resulting analysis is the goal. CIO brought this interesting topic to us in their article, “5 ways to maximize the value of data analytics.” Businesses are collecting massive amounts of data annually, but do they really know…
Read MoreImproving Data Skills
Data skills are now essential for almost every role in every organization. Companies need more people with the ability to interpret data, to draw insights and to ask the right questions in the first place. Organizations that promote data literacy can achieve net gains in data quality, collaborative communication, innovation and work process efficiencies. Enterprise…
Read MoreFinding the Data
Machine learning applications have the potential to transform business strategy in a significant way. They are showing up in obvious and not so obvious platforms and applications, including healthcare. Information Age brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “How to sharpen machine learning with smarter management of edge cases.” The key to…
Read MoreThe Importance of Data Quality
Data quality is important. It is the measure of how well suited a data set is to serve its specific purpose. A recent report highlighted the importance of data quality as well as the consequences of ignoring it. Venture Beat brought this interesting news to our attention in their article, “Ignoring data comes at a price,…
Read MoreFinding Quality Data
Data is a hot topic these days. Everyone wants to talk about the insights and value they can derive from data. There’s a good reason for that — data is one of the most valuable resources available to today’s marketers, agencies, publishers, media companies and more. Tech Central brought this topic to us in their…
Read MoreEnsuring Quality of Your Data
Data quality exists only when users have a consistently high level of confidence in the accuracy, completeness and appropriateness of the data they rely on for running their business. How do we get there? Customer Think brought this topic to our attention in their article, “The Importance of Data Quality and How to Achieve It.”…
Read MoreAnalytics and Data Governance Go Hand in Hand
There is no point in gathering and collecting data if you aren’t planning to analyze it. Unfortunately, forty-two percent of data and analytics leaders do not assess, measure or monitor their data and analytics governance. CDO Trends brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “How Data and Analytics Leaders Can Master Governance.“ Good data…
Read MoreQuality Cannot Be Sacrificed
Artificial intelligence (AI) is key to progress on screening, identifying and researching promising vaccine candidates against COVID-19. The usefulness of AI tools, not surprisingly, hinges on the quality of data. University World News brought this topic to our attention in their article, “AI acceleration of vaccine research hinges on data quality.” Data quality is a…
Read MoreImplementing Data Governance
A data governance framework is critical to any organization that uses analytics as part of its decision-making process. Tech Target brought us this interesting topic in their article, “Data governance framework key to analytics success.“ A data governance policy will set standards for privacy and access to data, which will ensure an organization maintains high-quality data and…
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