Definition: Quality audit
Quality, Evaluation, Assessments; Peer reviews
A systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining quality audit evidence (records, statements of fact or other information, which are relevant to the quality audit criteria and verifiable) and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which the quality audit criteria (set of policies, procedures or requirements) are fulfilled.
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Eurostat, "Handbook on Data Quality Assessment Methods and Tools (DatQAM)", Eurostat-granted project led by FSO Germany with project members: Statistics Sweden, Hungarian Central Statistical Office, State Statistical Institute Berlin-Brandenburg, National Statistical Institute of Portugal, and Statistics Norway, 2007
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