For immediate release | October 26, 2021
Classifying and fixing dirty data
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CHICAGO — Problems associated with dirty data lead to massive headaches for organizations both large and small across the globe. And though data quality issues are frequently discussed, what you will rarely hear about are pragmatic methods for fixing things. “,” published by Facet Publishing and available through the 91ý Store, draws on expert Susan Walsh's decade of experience in data classification to present a foolproof method for cleaning and classifying your data. The book covers everything from the very basics of data classification to normalization and taxonomies. It presents the author's proven COAT methodology, which helps to ensure an organization’s data is Consistent, Organized, Accurate and Trustworthy. A series of data horror stories outlines what can go wrong in managing data, and if it does, how it can be fixed. With Walsh’s guidance, readers at any level of experience will be able to work with data more efficiently and understand how data affects the rest of their organization.
Walsh is Founder and Managing Director of The Classification Guru, a specialist data classification, taxonomy customization, and data cleansing consultancy. She has classified data across a number of different contexts, countries, and languages, as well as managing and training teams to do the same. She is author of numerous articles on data issues and is a 2021 TEDx speaker and British Data Awards finalist.
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