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Data Quality : Concepts, Methodologies and Techniques
by Carlo Batini and Monica Scannapieco
2006 Springer
Rating: 
This semester I had the unpleasant experience of being told by the campus bookstore, the day classes started, that the book I intended to use for my class was no longer in print and used copies were not available. I originally geared the course towards design philosophy and incorporated the book, Software Design, by David Budgen, an excellent book and its unavailability is incredibly frustrating.
As I was unable to quickly find a suitable replacement, I decided to take the course in a slightly different direction and find ways to discuss in more depth than I had before the notion of “quality”. To this end, I found Data Quality. After working through the text, I found it to be broad enough for incorporation into the class and serve as a starting point for deeper discussions but it also was unexpectedly dense, a bit discontinuous and, probably the most important, appears to contain significant errors which is why I could only rate it 3.5.
I still recommend the book as I think it contains good material but it’s important to know what to expect.