{"id":7983,"date":"2018-01-15T07:00:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T15:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=7983"},"modified":"2017-11-27T09:03:16","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T17:03:16","slug":"big-data-developing-a-standard-for-measuring-data-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/big-data-developing-a-standard-for-measuring-data-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Data: Developing a Standard for Measuring Data Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2017\/11\/22\/new_standards_for_big_data\/\">National Physical Laboratory (NPL)<\/a> in the UK in developing a systematic approach to measuring the quality and accuracy confidence of data.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npl.co.uk\/people\/alistair-forbes\">Alistair Forbes<\/a>, Fellow at NPL, said that &#8220;we\u2019re trying to apply our way of thinking that comes from the measurement domain to thinking about how it applies to the digital domain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npl.co.uk\/\">NPL<\/a> says that there are four &#8220;C&#8217;s&#8221; that need to be considered when working with Big Data:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Collection<\/strong> &#8211; verifies the data source, it&#8217;s credibility and accuracy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Connection<\/strong> &#8211; verifies that there was no problem in transporting\/transmitting the data and that proper error correction was used if there was any interference<\/li>\n<li><strong>Comprehension<\/strong> &#8211; quantifies that multi-sourced data is properly used<\/li>\n<li><strong>Confidence<\/strong> &#8211; applies a measure to the level of confidence of its accuracy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cmmiinstitute.com\/conferences\/speakers\/melanie-mecca\">Melanie Mecca<\/a>, director of data management services at the <a href=\"http:\/\/cmmiinstitute.com\/\">CMMI Institute<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2017\/11\/22\/new_standards_for_big_data\/\">said that<\/a> &#8220;not much attention was paid to data. 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