Information quality

Information quality (IQ) is a term to describe the quality of the content of information systems. It is often pragmatically defined as: "The fitness for use of the information provided."

Information quality criteria are shown in the figure below. The varying purposes of information require different applications of these criteria to qualify it as valuable. Additionally, each decision relies on a different weighting of the information quality criteria to make the best decision.


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