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Common collocations with data in American Collocation

data noun uncountable

US /ˈdætə/

types of data

digital
empirical
experimental
historical
personal
qualitative
quantitative
scientific
statistical

We do not hold any personal data about customers.

accurate

accurate
reliable

Do we have reliable data on the health risks of these chemicals?

relevant or able to be used

available
relevant

The council plans to expand the scheme to give doctors’ surgeries relevant data about children in care.

needing to be kept secret

sensitive

No sensitive data is recorded unless the interviewer has agreed.

not yet processed

raw

The raw data needs to be handled and processed before conclusions can be drawn.

collect or keep data

capture
collect
contain
gather
hold
obtain
retrieve
store

Data was collected from the pathology reports of 573 patients.

deal with or organize data

analyse
extract
handle
interpret
process
protect

The project will review the relevant literature and gather and analyse the appropriate data.

look at or use data

access
use

Only a few people are able to access the client data, for confidentiality reasons.

move data

download
send
transfer
transmit

The device enables computers to transmit data across the internet.

give or show data

display
generate
present
provide
supply

The information in this paper was based on raw data supplied to the authors.

put data in

enter
input
key in
record

They learnt how to enter data in Excel and how to create a graph from the data.

be based on data

be based on

Efforts at comparing UK prices have tended to be based on incomplete data.

indicate
reveal
show
suggest
support

Our data suggests that our most mature age groups work the highest average number of hours per week.