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Data awareness
Compare with other Characteristic
Characteristic Name: | Data awareness |
Definition: | Data users should be aware of all available data and its location |
Dimension: | Availability and Accessability |
Granularity: | Information object |
Characteristic Type: | Usage |
Implementation Form: | Process-based approach |
Verification Metric:
The number of tasks failed or under performed due to lack of data awareness |
The number of complaints received due to lack of continuity in data awareness |
Validation Metric:
To what extent required capabilities and skills have been implemented to improve the data usage of a task |
BackgroundGuidelines
The original definitions given below formed the basis of the consolidated definition of the characteristic.
Definition: | Source: |
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Accessibility of data refers to how easily it can be accessed; the awareness of data users of what data is being collected and knowing where it is located. | HIQA 2011. International Review of Data Quality Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), Ireland. http://www.hiqa.ie/press-release/2011-04-28-international-review-data-quality. More from this source |
The implementation guidelines are guidelines to follow in regard to the characteristic. The scenarios are examples of the implementation
Guidelines: | Scenario: |
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Educate users on the data landscape of the organisation and how to access the information when needed. | (1) Training programs are conducted to educate on using the systems and retrieve data when necessary. |
Provide appropriate searching tools, manuals to find the required information. | (1) Data catalogs (2)Data Searching facility provided in application programs |
Educate users on how data is collected and what are the procedures used in data collection so that they can decide on the appropriateness of the data for use. | (1) Opinion pole data during festival season is not appropriate to analyse drinking habits. |
Availability and Accessability |
Currency |
Reliability and Credibility |
Usability and Interpretability |
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