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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
McGilvray, Danette.
Executing data quality projects : ten steps to quality data and trusted information / Danette McGilvray.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-12-374369-5 (alk. paper)
1. Information technology—Management. 2. Electronic data processing—Quality
control. I. Title.
HD30.2.M397 2008
658.4’04—dc22 2008013824
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