Data Quality: The Field Guide by Thomas Redman

by Thomas C. Redman

Excellent Book

Paperback Bunko

First published November 30, 2000

Reviews

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a primer for data quality analysts. Data quality is important and these days, though some corporations have a data quality team, most still don’t!

Not as useful for data analysis, but more if you have the responsibility of monitoring data quality and having structured ways of determining its current quality.

[Eric Wisdahl · Rating 2 out of 5]

I started Data Quality: The Field Guide after seeing it mentioned in a few other texts which I have read on the subject of Data Quality. I have become more and more interested in this subject over the past few years and was hoping to find another great book that I could learn from and potentially share as an introduction level text to others who might also be interested in this area. Data Quality: The Field Guide attempts to reach out in quick hit chapters and focus in on and explain a single topic. Although the single topic per chapter sounds like a good way of working through the various topics, there seems to be something lacking. It is as if each topic is discussed at a bit to high of a level and in to generic of terms to find actionable items to follow. The background information is good, and there were a lot of really good points and useful explanations, but the information might not be enough in and of itself to allow the user to put together a plan for identifying and enacting improvements in data quality. Perhaps the text hasn't aged particularly well (it was written in 2000), or perhaps I was expecting something other than what was delivered, either way I don't know that this is the right introductory book for someone looking to break into the subject.