Managing Data Quality. Tim King
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Managing Data Quality
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Tim King and Julian Schwarzenbach
Managing Data Quality
A practical guide
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List of figures and tablesviii
Authorsix
Acknowledgementsxi
Abbreviationsxii
Glossaryxiii
Prefacexv
PART I: THE CHALLENGE OF ENTERPRISE DATA1
1. THE DATA ASSET3
What are data?3
What is data quality?11