diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/components/dataset-compliance-row.js b/wherehows-web/app/components/dataset-compliance-row.js
index 60a31591c9..fd216ef86f 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/components/dataset-compliance-row.js
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/components/dataset-compliance-row.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import Ember from 'ember';
 import DatasetTableRow from 'wherehows-web/components/dataset-table-row';
 import {
-  fieldIdentifierTypeValues,
   fieldIdentifierTypeIds,
   defaultFieldDataTypeClassification,
   isMixedId,
@@ -12,6 +11,11 @@ import {
   SuggestionIntent
 } from 'wherehows-web/constants';
 import { fieldChangeSetRequiresReview } from 'wherehows-web/utils/datasets/compliance-policy';
+import { compact } from 'wherehows-web/utils/array';
+import {
+  highConfidenceSuggestions,
+  accumulateFieldSuggestions
+} from 'wherehows-web/utils/datasets/compliance-suggestions';
 
 const { computed, get, getProperties } = Ember;
 
@@ -21,24 +25,7 @@ const { computed, get, getProperties } = Ember;
  * @param {Array<Object>} predictions
  * @returns Array<Object>
  */
-const getFieldSuggestions = predictions =>
-  predictions.filter(prediction => prediction).reduce((suggested, { value, confidence = 0 }) => {
-    if (value) {
-      if (fieldIdentifierTypeValues.includes(value)) {
-        suggested = { ...suggested, identifierType: value };
-      } else {
-        suggested = { ...suggested, logicalType: value };
-      }
-
-      return {
-        ...suggested,
-        // value is Percent. identifierType value should be the last element in the list
-        confidence: (confidence * 100).toFixed(2)
-      };
-    }
-
-    return suggested;
-  }, {});
+const getFieldSuggestions = predictions => accumulateFieldSuggestions(highConfidenceSuggestions(compact(predictions)));
 
 export default DatasetTableRow.extend({
   /**
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/constants/metadata-acquisition.ts b/wherehows-web/app/constants/metadata-acquisition.ts
index 23e30454e4..1df994359f 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/constants/metadata-acquisition.ts
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/constants/metadata-acquisition.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ interface IFieldIdTypes {
   [prop: string]: IFieldIdProps;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Percentage value for a compliance policy suggestion with a low confidence score
+ * @type {number}
+ */
+const lowQualitySuggestionConfidenceThreshold = 0.5;
+
 /**
  * A list of id logical types
  * @type {Array.<String>}
@@ -344,5 +350,6 @@ export {
   logicalTypesForIds,
   logicalTypesForGeneric,
   getDefaultLogicalType,
-  SuggestionIntent
+  SuggestionIntent,
+  lowQualitySuggestionConfidenceThreshold
 };
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/typings/api/datasets/compliance.d.ts b/wherehows-web/app/typings/api/datasets/compliance.d.ts
index a5f3fba313..c2569149f4 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/typings/api/datasets/compliance.d.ts
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/typings/api/datasets/compliance.d.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,19 @@ interface IPrediction {
   value: string;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Describes the interface for a field suggestion
+ * values for the keys are extracted from the JSON response
+ * from the compliance/suggestion endpoint and do not necessarily match up
+ * with the key [`identifierTypePrediction` | `logicalTypePrediction`] predicted values
+ * @link extractTypesSuggestion gives further detail
+ */
+interface IFieldSuggestion {
+  identifierType?: string;
+  logicalType?: string;
+  confidence: number;
+}
+
 /**
  * Describes shape of a compliance auto suggestion
  */
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/utils/array.ts b/wherehows-web/app/utils/array.ts
index 7ccf49f3a2..a4194617da 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/utils/array.ts
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/utils/array.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,17 @@ const arrayMap = <T, U>(mappingFunction: (param: T) => U): ((array: Array<T>) =>
 const arrayFilter = <T>(filtrationFunction: (param: T) => boolean): ((array: Array<T>) => Array<T>) => (array = []) =>
   array.filter(filtrationFunction);
 
+/**
+ * Composable reducer abstraction, curries a reducing iteratee and returns a reducing function that takes a list
+ * @param {(acc: U) => U} iteratee
+ * @param {U} init the initial value in the reduction sequence
+ * @return {(arr: Array<T>) => U}
+ */
+const arrayReduce = <T, U>(
+  iteratee: (accumulator: U, element: T, index: number, collection: Array<T>) => U,
+  init: U
+): ((arr: Array<T>) => U) => (array = []) => array.reduce(iteratee, init);
+
 /**
  * Duplicate check using every to short-circuit iteration
  * @param {Array<T>} [list = []] list to check for dupes
@@ -21,4 +32,11 @@ const arrayFilter = <T>(filtrationFunction: (param: T) => boolean): ((array: Arr
  */
 const isListUnique = <T>(list: Array<T> = []): boolean => new Set(list).size === list.length;
 
-export { arrayMap, arrayFilter, isListUnique };
+/**
+ * Extracts all non falsey values from a list.
+ * @param {Array<T>} list the list of items to compact
+ * @return {Array<T>}
+ */
+const compact = <T>(list: Array<T> = []): Array<T> => list.filter(item => item);
+
+export { arrayMap, arrayFilter, arrayReduce, isListUnique, compact };
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/utils/datasets/compliance-suggestions.ts b/wherehows-web/app/utils/datasets/compliance-suggestions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..490945fede
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/utils/datasets/compliance-suggestions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { IFieldSuggestion, IPrediction } from 'wherehows-web/typings/api/datasets/compliance';
+import { arrayFilter, arrayReduce } from 'wherehows-web/utils/array';
+import { fieldIdentifierTypeValues, lowQualitySuggestionConfidenceThreshold } from 'wherehows-web/constants';
+
+/**
+ * Takes a list of suggestions with confidence values, and if the confidence is greater than
+ * a low confidence threshold
+ * @param {number} confidence
+ * @return {boolean}
+ */
+const isHighConfidenceSuggestion = ({ confidence = 0 }: IPrediction): boolean =>
+  confidence > lowQualitySuggestionConfidenceThreshold;
+
+/**
+ * Filters out a list of IPrediction 's that have a confidence level higher than the low confidence threshold
+ * @type {(array: Array<IPrediction>) => Array<IPrediction>}
+ */
+const highConfidenceSuggestions = arrayFilter(isHighConfidenceSuggestion);
+
+/**
+ * Extracts the type (identifierType&|logicalType) suggestion and confidence value from a predicted or suggested object.
+ * A determination is made based of the type of the value string, rather than the keys of the wrapping object:
+ * `identifierTypePrediction` or `logicalTypePrediction`.
+ * This is important to pay attention to when modifying the implementation
+ * @param {IFieldSuggestion} suggestion the extracted suggestion
+ * @param {string} value the value in the api provided suggestion
+ * @param {number} confidence how confidence the system is in the suggested value
+ * @return {IFieldSuggestion}
+ */
+const extractTypesSuggestion = (
+  suggestion: IFieldSuggestion,
+  { value, confidence = 0 }: IPrediction
+): IFieldSuggestion => {
+  if (value) {
+    if (fieldIdentifierTypeValues.includes(value)) {
+      suggestion = { ...suggestion, identifierType: value };
+    } else {
+      suggestion = { ...suggestion, logicalType: value };
+    }
+
+    // identifierType value should be the last element in the list
+    return { ...suggestion, confidence: +(confidence * 100).toFixed(2) };
+  }
+  return suggestion;
+};
+
+const accumulateFieldSuggestions = arrayReduce(extractTypesSuggestion, <IFieldSuggestion>{ confidence: 0 });
+
+export { highConfidenceSuggestions, accumulateFieldSuggestions };
diff --git a/wherehows-web/tests/unit/utils/array-test.js b/wherehows-web/tests/unit/utils/array-test.js
index 24ca8182d1..56c628d8b9 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/tests/unit/utils/array-test.js
+++ b/wherehows-web/tests/unit/utils/array-test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { module, test } from 'qunit';
-import { arrayMap, arrayFilter, isListUnique } from 'wherehows-web/utils/array';
+import { arrayMap, arrayFilter, arrayReduce, isListUnique } from 'wherehows-web/utils/array';
 import { xRandomNumbers, numToString, isAString } from 'wherehows-web/tests/helpers/arrays/functions';
 
 module('Unit | Utility | array');
@@ -45,3 +45,17 @@ test('isListUnique correctly tests uniqueness of a list', function(assert) {
   assert.notOk(isListUnique(listWithDuplicateNumbers), `${listWithDuplicateNumbers} has duplicates`);
   assert.ok(isListUnique(listWithoutDuplicateNumbers), `${listWithoutDuplicateNumbers} has no duplicates`);
 });
+
+test('arrayReduce is a function', function(assert) {
+  assert.ok(typeof arrayReduce === 'function', 'module exports an array reducer function');
+});
+
+test('arrayReduce should work as a reduction iteratee', function(assert) {
+  const array = [{ a: 1 }, { b: 2 }, { c: 3 }],
+    expected = { a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 };
+  const reducer = arrayReduce(function(acc, el) {
+    return { ...acc, ...el };
+  }, {});
+
+  assert.deepEqual(reducer(array), expected);
+});