Data quality assurance | techniques for data quality assessment
We are thrilled to have you join us on this important journey toward mastering the principles of clean, reliable, and accurate data. In today’s data-driven world, ensuring data quality is critical for making sound decisions and building trust in any system. Throughout this course, you’ll gain the skills to identify data issues, apply validation techniques, and implement best practices for maintaining high-quality data.
What Is Data quality assurance
Data quality assurance is the process of ensuring that data is accurate, complete, reliable, and consistent throughout its lifecycle. It involves implementing standards, validation rules, and regular checks to detect and correct errors, duplicates, or inconsistencies in data. The goal is to maintain high data integrity so that decisions based on the data are trustworthy and effective.
What Is Learned In This Course
- Understand what data quality means and why it matters
- Identify common data errors and problems
- Use simple methods to check and clean data
- Set up rules and checks to keep data accurate
- Use tools (like Excel or Google Sheets) to improve data quality
- Keep your data consistent, complete, and up to date
- Create and follow a data quality checklist
- Understand the basics of data protection and privacy
Who Should Enroll
- Business Analysts
- Financial Analysts
- Data Analysts
- Administrative Professionals
- Job Seekers
- Team Leaders and Managers
Skills Gained After This Course
- Understand key concepts of data quality
- Spot and fix common data errors (duplicates, missing or wrong entries)
- Use Excel or Google Sheets to clean and organise data
- Apply data validation rules to prevent future mistakes
- Standardise data for consistency and accuracy
- Create and use a data quality checklist
- Maintain clean data through regular checks and audits
- Handle data responsibly, following basic privacy and protection rules
Overview
This course in Data Quality Assurance helps you understand how to check and improve the accuracy and reliability of data. You’ll learn simple methods to spot errors, keep data clean, and make sure information is correct and useful. It’s perfect for beginners who work with data and want to make better decisions based on trusted information.
Description
This assessment is designed to evaluate your understanding of key data quality principles, including accuracy, consistency, completeness, and reliability. You’ll be tested on your ability to identify data issues, apply validation techniques, and implement best practices to ensure high-quality data. Ideal for professionals working with data, this assessment helps confirm your readiness to maintain and manage trustworthy, error-free information in any data-driven environment.
Course Content
Unit 1: Getting started - Introduction to Data Quality
- What is data quality?
- Why data quality matters Key dimensions
Unit 2: Common Data Issues
- Types of data errors
- Causes of poor data quality
- Real-world examples of data quality problems
Unit 3: Data Cleaning Basics
- How to find and fix common errors
- Tools and techniques for data cleaning (Excel, Google Sheets)
- Using filters, sorting, and basic formulas for checking data
Unit 4:Validation and Accuracy Checks
- Setting up simple data validation rules
- Using drop-down lists, formats, and restrictions
- Checking for outliers or unusual values
Unit 5:Consistency and Standardisation
- Keeping formats and entries consistent
- Standardising names, dates, and codes
- Using templates and reference data
Unit 6: Monitoring and Maintaining Quality
- Creating a data quality checklist
- Regular data reviews and audits
- Logging and tracking errors
Unit 7: Tools for Data Quality
- Overview of helpful tools (Excel, Google Sheets, online tools)
- Intro to formulas like
IF
,VLOOKUP
,COUNTIF
for checking data
Unit 8: Data Protection and Privacy
- Understanding the basics of data privacy (e.g., GDPR)
- Best practices for handling personal or sensitive data
Accreditation
- Non-accredited: Short course only
- Duration: 1h 30m
- Delivery: Classroom/Online/Blended
- Access Period: 12 Months
