An empirical research on non-technical factors related to statistical data quality in China's enterprises. (19th July 2007)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yu, Zhenguo; Wang, Ying
• Is Part Of: International journal of information quality. Volume 1:Number 2 (2007)
• Page Start: 193
• Page End: 208
• Publication Date: 2007-07-19
• Subjects: statistical data -- affecting factors -- veracity -- timeliness -- relevance -- empirical research -- China -- data quality -- information quality; Information resources management -- Periodicals; Information retrieval -- Periodicals; Knowledge management -- Periodicals; 658.4038
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1751-0457

Abstract

In market-oriented economy, data are the key factor that helps enterprises to make decisions. In China, many factors affect the data quality of enterprises. The paper chose seven non-technical factors as explanatory variables, three dimensions of data quality as dependent variables and one control variable to construct a conceptual model for Chinese enterprises. The model was tested with 152 samples. This research found that the main factors affecting the data quality are the awareness of higher-level managers, the status of statistical personnel, normalisation of enterprise, knowledge of statistical personnel, the strength of statistical department and enterprise computerisation.