Glossary Term

Data

Information that can be analyzed or used in an effort to gain knowledge or make decisions; a set of values of qualitative or quantitative variables. Data can exist in a variety of forms - as numbers, words, sounds, or images.

Term Info

Source

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. (2014). Data. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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