Data source

How it is used

You connect to, combine, document or question a data source. Analysts often have to explain why two data sources give different numbers. In BI tools, 'data source' also means the connection a dashboard reads from.

Example sentences

1. The two data sources disagree because one counts refunds and the other doesn't.

2. Please list every data source you used in the appendix.

Common collocations

• connect a data source
• external data source
• primary data source
• combine data sources

Related terms

• raw dataData in the form in which it was first collected or exported, before anyone has cleaned, combined or summarised it.
• datasetA collection of examples, such as images, texts or table rows, gathered and organized for training, testing or analyzing a model.
• data pipelineA series of automated steps that moves data from its sources, transforms it and delivers it to a destination such as a warehouse, dashboard or model.

This word in other fields

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

• data source · Data Science & Analytics

More terms: Machine Learning and Data Processing

• artificial intelligence
• machine learning
• model
• training data
• label
• train
• supervised learning
• neural network
• deep learning
• loss function
• overfitting
• test set