A QUESTIONNAIRE BASED DATA QUALITY （基于问卷调查的数据质量）.pdf

International Journal of Database Management Systems ( IJDMS ) Vol.4, No.2, April 2012 A QUESTIONNAIRE-BASED DATA QUALITY METHODOLOGY 1 2 Reza Vaziri and Mehran Mohsenzadeh 1 Department of Computer Science, Science Research Branch, Azad University of Iran, Tehran Iran r.vaziri@iauctb.ac.ir 2 Department of Computer Science, Science Research Branch, Azad University of Iran, Tehran Iran mohsenzadeh@srbiau.ac.ir ABSTRACT : Data quality (DQ) has been defined as “fitness for use” of the data (also called Information Quality). A single aspect of data quality is defined as a “dimension” such as “consistency”, “accuracy”, “completeness”, or “timeliness”. In order to assess and improve data quality, “methodologies” have been defined. Data quality methodologies are sets of guidelines and techniques that are designed for measurement assessment, and perhaps, improving data quality in a given application or organization. If an appropriate list of dimensions is available for the specific needs of an organization, a questionnaire-based methodology can be designed in order to 1. Measure dimensions and identify “weak” dimensions in the organization 2. Select a proper “strategies” to improve data quality. In this paper we propose a questionnaire-based methodology in order to achieve that. KEYWORDS Data Quality, Dimensions, Methodologies 1. INTRODUCTION : Data quality has been defined as “fitness for use” of data. Data quality methodologies have been defined and developed to measure and improve data quality in organizations. A methodology refers to a set of guidelines an