Showing posts with label plural. Show all posts
Showing posts with label plural. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

"data" の使い方について(III)

◎Database vs. Dataset (III)
While data is a group of individual items, a “database” is the formal structure to carry the data for retrieval and analysis. A “dataset,” on the other hand, is a set of data maintained in a database.

Database: Each laboratory maintained a database of fingerprint patterns.
Dataset: Five datasets of preprocessed fingerprints were deleted from the database

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Saturday, January 23, 2010

More on usage of "DATA"

data” の使い方について(II)

◎Usage of “data”: Countability (II)

It is wrong to say “four data” or “the number of data....” as it is an “uncountable” noun.
Wrong: The number of data was so large that combing through it to search for new features may not be feasible.
Right: The amount of data was so large that combing through it to search for new features may not be feasible.


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Friday, January 22, 2010

Correct usage of "DATA"

“data” の使い方について(I)

◎Usage of “data”: Singular or Plural (I)

Data is considered to be the plural form of the noun “datum,” and should thus be used with a plural verb, e.g., “These data are....” However, the singular verb is also widely used with data when data is referred to in a collective sense, e.g., “This data tells us....”
In formal or scientific writing, it is recommended that data be used as a plural word.

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