Tag: data quality

Macro of a mechanical counter wheel showing rolling digits
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Germany records the number of bids on every tender. 84% of them say zero

The field is filled on essentially every German notice. Of 996 sampled, 838 hold a zero — a placeholder for…

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Macro of overlapping banknotes from many countries in strong colour
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Thirty-one currencies in one month of tenders, and no exchange rate anywhere

A single month of notices carries euros, dollars, Taiwanese dollars, Peruvian soles and Bhutanese ngultrum — stored as raw numbers…

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