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Missing Value

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Missing Value - definition(s)

Missing value - A data element that has no value has been capture, but for which the real-world object represented has a value. For example, there is no date value for the data element, "last date of service" for a retired Employee whose last day of official employment was June 15, 2002. Contrast with Empty value.

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Source: Larry English, http://www.iaidq.com/main/glossary.shtml External, 03-Feb-2009 13:36


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