if you torture the data long enough, it will confess to anything
Statistics can be manipulated to support any conclusion.
ADJ
accurate, reliable | comprehensive, detailed, extensive
raw
The scientists collected raw data from thousands of patients before starting their research.
factual, hard
The researchers collected factual data from hundreds of interviews across the country.
empirical, experimental, numerical, observational, scientific, statistical | demographic, environmental, financial, geological, historical, technical
QUANT
item, piece
The researcher found one crucial piece of data that changed the entire study.
mass, set
The researchers had to organize a massive set of data before they could complete their analysis.
VERB + DATA
acquire, amass, capture, collect, gather, get, obtain
The researchers gathered data from thousands of patients across five different hospitals.
enter, feed in
have, hold, record, store
The company stores data about millions of customers on secure servers.
access, retrieve | analyse, examine, interpret, look at, study
handle, manage, manipulate, process
The hospital needs software to handle patient data securely and efficiently.
exchange, share, transfer | present (sb with)
provide (sb with)
The hospital provided us with data showing improvements in patient care over the last year.
DATA + VERB
be derived from sth
The results came from data derived from interviews with over 500 people.
indicate sth, reflect sth, show sth, suggest sth
The survey data suggests that people prefer online shopping to visiting stores.
support sth
DATA + NOUN
acquisition, capture, collection | entry, input | storage | access, retrieval | analysis, handling, management, manipulation, processing | exchange, interchange, transfer, transmission | protection, security | source | archive, bank (also databank), base (also database), file | system
PREP
in the ~
The researchers discovered several patterns in the data from last year's survey.
~ about
The company collected data about customer shopping habits to improve their website.
~ for
The research team collected data for three different age groups across the country.
~ from
The research team collected data from hundreds of interviews across the country.
~ on
We collected data on student attendance rates over the entire school year.
PHRASES
the acquisition/handling/storage, etc. of data, a source of data