noun phrase · academic
baseline data
UK/ˈbeɪslaɪn ˈdeɪtə/US/ˈbeɪslaɪn ˈdeɪt̬ə/BASE·line DA·ta
measurements collected before an intervention to serve as a reference point.
Examples
“We collected baseline data on participants' health before the programme started.”
“Comparing follow-up results to baseline data shows the intervention's effect.”
“Baseline data are essential for any longitudinal study.”
Band 8 sentence
“The evaluation compared post-intervention measurements with baseline data to quantify improvements.”
Collocations
- collect baseline data
- compare to baseline data
Word family
Common mistakes
basic data→baseline data
data before→baseline data
Say it for a higher band
5initial data→6starting data→7+baseline data
Synonyms
initial data
Easily confused
raw data
“After cleaning, the researchers analysed the raw data for anomalies.”
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