Data — Science definition
The recorded measurements and observations themselves, kept raw so that any summary drawn from them can be checked.
Where it is taught
- Tables, Graphs & Patterns in Data — Scientific Inquiry & Diversity of Life, Life Science & Scientific Inquiry, Grade 7
In use
Snow's map is the best demonstration there is of what organising data well can do: the numbers were available to everyone, and arranging them revealed something nobody had seen.
Tables, Graphs & Patterns in Data