CRE Proposed Standards for Agency Regulations Governing Data Quality. Identification of substantive standards for data quality. Recommend the proposed regulation include references to U.S. and worldwide data quality benchmarks. 1 Section 2.a. 2 Data should also indicate estimates or measures of variability and uncertainty.
Information is precise and can be verified by an objective, authoritative standard.
In providing scientific information, there should be fair treatment in all aspects of study design and execution. Data elements which are part of a study should provide a fair and accurate picture of the universe of potential subjects. Agency data should represent a true value of those measures it is designed to measure. Any deviation from standard practice of using a certain method, model, form of statistical analysis, etc., should disclosed with documentation supporting the decision to deviate from standard practice. With respect to research results, it is also required that the results be substantially reproducible by persons with levels of expertise similar to the level of expertise of the persons who created the data, upon independent analysis of the underlying data.