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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Research, Technology, Methods > methodology > research methods > data collection > data quality
Preferred Term:

data quality

Definition:
A measure of scientific precision, exactness, or correctness of quantitative or qualitative values, relative to the actual or true measurements.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
data collection
Entry Terms:
  • data accuracy
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/316707
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