Getting the right data up front: A key challenge

Quality Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 446-459

  Doganaksoy, Necip ^a   Hahn, Gerald J ^a  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

data cleaning; data gathering; data procurement; data quality; systems development studies

Indexed keywords

DATA CLEANING; DATA GATHERING; DATA PROCUREMENT; DATA QUALITY; SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT;

WASHERS;

METADATA;

EID: 84867064454     PISSN: 08982112     EISSN: 15324222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08982112.2012.702382     Document Type: Article

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