Data

A term with several meanings.

Data can mean a collection of facts, numbers, or information, the individual values of which are often the results of an experiment or observation.

If the data are in the form of a table with columns consisting of variables and rows consisting of values of each variable for different individuals or values of each variable at different times, then the data has the same meaning as the data set.

Data can also mean the values of one or more variables from a data set.

Data can also mean a variable or some variables from a data set.

Properly, data is the plural of datum, where a datum is any result. In everyday usage, the term "data" is often used in the singular.

See: data set

Curriculum achievement objectives references

Statistical investigation: All levels

Statistical literacy: Levels 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

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