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raw data

raw data

28 3.5
Information collected before people process or check it
  • noun
  • /rɔː deɪtə/
  • Specialized
: datos sin procesar
  • But Homeland is sending someone over with the raw data.
  • list raw data
  • access to raw data
  • provide raw data

Copy me on all the raw data you pull in.

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Examples

  • Unfortunately, investigators sometimes do not or cannot provide the raw data when requested to do so.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The raw data was extraordinarily detailed.

  • Copy me on all the raw data you pull in.

    GQ
  • You run your stories, we post the raw data.

  • Now the questions become: When will we provide efficient access to raw data?

    Academic text (2011)
  • We have not found this to be the case when requesting raw data.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Recently, schools in Pennsylvania received their raw data and AYP calculations from the Department of Education.

    Blog text (8)
  • One possible solution to the aforementioned challenges is for interested parties to directly request raw data from authors who publish studies.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The categories, based on a total of 1,156 statements, formed the raw data for the deductive content analysis.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The researchers presented the raw data from their experiment at the conference.

Synonyms

data
vsraw data
∞ 1.6

Facts and numbers collected to study things or make decisions

is unprocessed and not yet analyzed or interpreted

How Smooth

spline
  • Specialized
1 8.2
Gaussian shape
  • Specialized
1 6.9
smoother
  • Specialized
1 7.1
low-pass filter
  • Specialized
1 5.5
median
  • Specialized
20 4.8
raw data
  • Specialized
28 3.5

Surface Forms

raw data singular
raw data plural

Morphology

raw + data

The meaning 'data that has not yet been processed, analyzed, or interpreted' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'raw' (unprocessed) with 'data' (information). This adjective+noun composition follows standard English semantics and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Raw data comes from the image of raw food: imagine data as numbers or facts taken straight from a machine or field, not washed or cooked. So raw data means information that is not yet 'processed' or 'analyzed' and needs cleaning before use.