An empirical research on non-technical factors related to statistical data quality in China's enterprises
by Zhenguo Yu, Ying Wang
International Journal of Information Quality (IJIQ), Vol. 1, No. 2, 2007

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.

Online publication date: Wed, 18-Jul-2007

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