good data

Trustworthy factual content

Good data is information that is accurate, complete, and fit for its intended purpose.

In research and analysis, good data is reliable and representative—free from significant errors, bias, or gaps that would undermine conclusions.

In computing and business contexts, good data meets quality standards for consistency, timeliness, and relevance: The model's predictions are only as reliable as the data it's trained on.

The phrase often appears in contrast to bad or dirty data, which requires cleaning before use.

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fairness · consent · timeliness · accountability · transparency · integrity · business intelligence · governance · consistency · standardization · relevance · raw numbers · trustworthiness · fact checking · normalization · deduplication · precision · gold standard

Opposites
data quality

good datamissing data

Absent information in datasets

raw data

signal vs noise

good datanoise

Unwanted auditory disturbance

static · garbage · artifacts · anomalies · errors

ethical provenance

good datastolen data

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