noun phrase · academic
raw data
/rɔː ˈdeɪtə/RAW·DATA
Band 5-6task1task2
Data that have not been processed, cleaned, or analysed yet.
Examples
“We backed up all the raw data before starting analysis.”
“Errors in the raw data made the preliminary results unreliable.”
“The survey generated a large volume of raw data that needed cleaning.”
Band 8 sentence
“We archived the raw data on a secure server to ensure reproducibility of the analysis.”
Collocations
- clean the raw data
- store raw data
Word family
raw adjectivedata noun (uncountable)
Common mistakes
raw datas→raw data
a raw data→raw data
Say it for a higher band
5data→6unprocessed data→7+raw data
Synonyms
unprocessed data
Easily confused
processed data
“After cleaning, the processed data were ready for statistical tests.”
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