data quality

noun

The state of qualitative or quantitative pieces of information, usually described in aspects of completeness, conformity, consistency, accuracy, and integrity.

Meanings

noundata quality (countable and uncountable, plural data qualities)

plural data qualities

  1. countableuncountableThe state of qualitative or quantitative pieces of information, usually described in aspects of completeness, conformity, consistency, accuracy, and integrity.

    These help us deduce and discover rules for improving data quality, among other things. In addition, as will be seen later, all five central aspects of data quality—data consistency, deduplication, accuracy, currency, and information completeness–can be specified in terms of data dependencies.

    2022, Wenfei Fan, Floris Geerts, Foundations of Data Quality Management, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 9

Translations

Finnish tietojen laatu, tiedon laatu
  • tietojen laatuTranslations
  • tiedon laatuTranslations
French qualité des données
  • qualité des donnéesTranslations
German Datenqualität
  • DatenqualitätTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

data quality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/data%20quality

MLA

“data quality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/data%20quality. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “data quality,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/data%20quality.

Source: data quality on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.