View source for InfoQ

{{Short description|Potential of a data set}}
{{For|quality of information in a more general sense|Information quality}}
{{technical|date=September 2018}}
'''Information quality''' ('''InfoQ''') is the potential of a [[data set]] to achieve a specific (scientific or practical) goal using a given [[Empirical research|empirical analysis method]].

== Definition ==
Formally, the definition is <code>InfoQ = U(X,f|g)</code> where X is the data, f the analysis method, g the goal and U the utility function. InfoQ is different from [[data quality]] and [[Efficiency (statistics)|analysis quality]], but is dependent on these components and on the relationship between them. 
   	
InfoQ has been applied in a wide range of domains like healthcare, customer surveys, data science programs, advanced manufacturing and Bayesian network applications.

Kenett and [[Galit Shmueli|Shmueli]] (2014) proposed eight dimensions to help assess InfoQ and various methods for increasing InfoQ: Data resolution, [[Data structure]], Data integration, Temporal relevance, Chronology of data and goal, [[Generalization]], [[Operationalization]], Communication.
<ref>{{cite book
| first1=Ron S.
| last1=Kenett
| first2=Galit
| last2=Shmueli
| author2-link= Galit Shmueli
| title=Information Quality: The Potential of Data and Analytics to Generate Knowledge
| date=19 December 2016
| publisher=John Wiley & Sons
| pages=9–
| isbn=978-1-118-87444-8}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite journal
| first1=Ron S.
| last1=Kenett
| first2=Galit
| last2=Shmueli
| title=On information quality
| journal=Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (Statistics in Society)
| volume=177
| issue=1
| year=2014
| pages=3–38
| issn=0964-1998
| doi=10.1111/rssa.12007| s2cid=62901580
| doi-access=free
}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite journal
| last1=Kenett
| first1=Ron S.
| title=On generating high InfoQ with Bayesian networks
| journal=Quality Technology & Quantitative Management
| volume=13
| issue=3
| year=2016
| pages=309–332
| issn=1684-3703
| doi=10.1080/16843703.2016.1189182| s2cid=63700188
}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Data]]
[[Category:Research methods]]
[[Category:Statistical analysis]]
[[Category:Information]]

{{statistics-stub}}