The Importance of Data that Doesn’t Exist – Part Three (Missing Metadata – A Case Study)

By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction In this series I am looking at the importance of data that is not present. In the previous two articles, I have looked at the use of timelines in identifying missing data, reasons that data from some sources may appear to be missing and considered potential steps to take or … Continue reading The Importance of Data that Doesn’t Exist – Part Three (Missing Metadata – A Case Study)

The Importance of Data that Doesn’t Exist – Part Two (Missing Data Sources)

By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction In part one of this series of articles, I spoke about the importance of data that is not present, and the use of timelines in investigating where missing data may exist. In this article, I discuss data that may be missing (or may appear to be missing). Those working in … Continue reading The Importance of Data that Doesn’t Exist – Part Two (Missing Data Sources)

The Importance of Data that Doesn’t Exist – Part One (Timelines)

By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction Happy New Year and welcome to 2023 on the eDiscovery Channel! Towards the end of last year, I saw a short post from Steve Nouri discussing survivorship bias. The principle is something that you may have seen discussed before (it regularly gets shared on sites such as LinkedIn). Nouri’s post … Continue reading The Importance of Data that Doesn’t Exist – Part One (Timelines)