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raw data

raw data

21 3.5
Information collected before people process or check it
  • noun
  • /rɔː deɪtə/
  • Specialized
translation icon : 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
215 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
6.9
smoother
  • Specialized
7.1
low-pass filter
  • Specialized
1 5.5
median
  • Specialized
106 4.8
raw data
  • Specialized
21 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.