When an area code changes the phone number for a given customer before the change will not match the customer's number afterward. This is an example of ________.
A) missing values
B) inconsistent data
C) dirty data
D) data not integrated
E) septic data

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Inconsistent data refers to the presence of conflicting or contradictory information within a dataset. In this case, the phone number for a customer changes due to an area code change, thereby rendering the previous phone number inconsistent with the new one.

When an Area Code Changes the Phone Number for a Given