Data Accuracy

Data Accuracy - The data matches its actual (true) value. Data accuracy is also known as validity. 

Source: Public Schools of North Carolina, 22 April 2010 13:52:45, http://www.ncpublicschools.org/data/management/glossary/

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Data Accuracy - The component of data integrity that deals with how well data stored in the data resource represent the real world. It includes a definition of the current data accuracy and the adjustment in data accuracy to meet the business needs.

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Source: Sun.com, 20 July 2010 09:14:13, http://www.sun.com/third-party/dw/brochures/67198.Acrobat.pdf

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Data Accuracy - The component of data integrity that deals with how well data stored in the data resource represent the real world. It includes a definition of the current data accuracy and the adjustment in data accuracy to meet the business needs.

Data warehouses of an organization are filled with data which would reflect all the activities within the group. Data may come from various sources and gathered using routing business processes. It is imperative that the processes in the data warehouse should be precise and accurate because the usefulness of data goes far beyond the software applications that generate it.

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Source: Aexis Business Intelligence, 14 November 2010 10:09:52, http://www.aexis.eu/DataWarehouse-Glossary/