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Activity Number: 231
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Statistics and the Environment
Abstract - #307970
Title: Strengthening Environmental Decisionmaking Through Data Quality Objectives
Author(s): John Warren*+
Companies: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Address: 1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20460,
Keywords: Decision making ; Data Quality Objectives
Abstract:

In order to improve the quality of its decisions, the Environmental Protection Agency demands the use of systematic planning for data collection and the generation of appropriate performance or acceptance criteria. In order to achieve this goal, the Agency recommends the use of the Data Quality Objectives (DQO) Process, a logical seven-step, iterative procedure rooted in the scientific method. By making the process easy to follow and yet sufficiently rigorous, the Agency has successfully strengthened its decision making capabilities.

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