Definition:Sample Statistic/Raw
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Definition
Raw data are collected data which have not been organized or analysed in any way.
Examples
Measurements
Examples of raw data include direct measurements of:
of each of a group of children.
Counts
Examples of raw data may include direct counts of:
- number of males
- number of females
living in a city.
Also known as
Raw data are also known as primary data.
Sometimes the term sample data can be seen.
Also see
- Results about raw data can be found here.
Sources
- 1972: Murray R. Spiegel and R.W. Boxer: Theory and Problems of Statistics (SI ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $2$: Frequency Distributions: Raw Data
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): data (singular datum)
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): data (singular datum)
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): raw data