collocation · academic
data-driven decision making
/ˈdeɪ.tə ˈdrɪv.ən dɪˈsɪʒ.ən ˌmeɪ.kɪŋ/DATA-DRI·ven DE·ci·sion MAK·ing
making choices based on analysis of data rather than only on intuition or experience
Examples
“Companies increasingly rely on data-driven decision making to improve services.”
“Data-driven decision making can reduce bias if the data is representative.”
“Schools use student performance data to support data-driven decision making.”
Band 8 sentence
“Effective policy requires data-driven decision making, combined with ethical oversight of how data are collected.”
Collocations
- adopt data-driven decision making
- support data-driven decision making
Word family
Common mistakes
decision making by data→data-driven decision making
data decision making→data-driven decision making
Say it for a higher band
5use data to decide→6data-based decisions→7+data-driven decision making
Synonyms
evidence-based decision making
Easily confused
evidence-based decision making
“Medical guidelines are the result of evidence-based decision making.”
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