Credible documentation is the best tool for working with data. Short of that, labor (and computational) intensive validation may be required. Recently, I had the opportunity to expand on these ideas in a cross-post with Select Star. I explore how a “good” data analyst can interrogate a dataset with expensive queries and, more importantly, how best-in-class data products eliminate the need for this. My post is reproduced below. --- In the current environment of decreasing headcount and ris...