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How does data redundancy lead to inconsistency?

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APA formatted and detailed explanation of how data redundancy leads to inconsistency.

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Data inconsistency occurs when conflicting and different types of the same data appear in different places. This in turn creates information that is unreliable because it becomes too difficult to figure out what version of the information is correct. If data redundancy is present then data inconsistency is likely to happen. "Integrity is important in a database system - an application run without validation procedures can produce erroneous data which can then affect other applications using that data" Data Conversion Library, (2010, p. 1). The data redundancy is when the data file ...

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