data accuracy
Reliable recorded facts
Data accuracy is the degree to which information correctly represents what it describes—free from errors, current, and complete.
In databases and research, accuracy determines whether conclusions drawn from data are reliable: The study's findings depend entirely on data accuracy.
Poor data accuracy cascades through systems, corrupting analysis and decision-making.
- checkOrder to pay
- spot checkUnannounced partial inspection
- sanity checkVerification of basic soundness
- fact checkingConfirming accuracy of statements
- double entryAccounting requiring offsetting records
consistency · precision · margin of error · error detection · human error · traceability · calibration · ground truth · deduplication · validity · reproducibility · reconciliation · certification processes · reliability · normalization · benchmarking · verification · auditability
data accuracyguesswork
Conclusions drawn without proof
estimation · speculation · approximation · conjecture · rough estimate