Dataset

How it is used

Also written data set. Researchers collect, clean, merge and share datasets, and many journals now ask authors to say where the dataset is available. Large existing datasets, such as PISA or TÜİK surveys, are used for secondary analysis.

Example sentences

1. The final dataset included 2,340 responses after incomplete cases were removed.

2. The dataset is available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Common collocations

• large dataset
• clean the dataset
• publicly available dataset
• data availability statement

Related terms

• dataFacts, numbers, recordings, texts or observations collected in a study and then analyzed to answer a research question.
• data collectionThe process of gathering information for a study, for example through questionnaires, interviews, observations, tests or existing records.
• open accessA way of publishing in which research articles are free online for anyone to read, download and often reuse, without a subscription.
• descriptive statisticsNumbers and tables that summarize the main features of a dataset, such as frequencies, percentages, means, ranges and standard deviations.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• dataset · Software Engineering
• dataset · Data Science & Analytics
• dataset · Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

More terms: Data and Analysis

• findings
• analysis
• significant
• draw a conclusion
• correlation
• thematic analysis
• account for
• interpret
• mean
• standard deviation
• p-value
• coding