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I work with people who say "The data are bad".
I consider data to be akin to something like water... it is aggregated into a single mass, data IS.... data sets are.
You wouldn't say "This water are cold!"
"This data are bad!"... vs "This data is bad".
Does anyone else say "data are" and if so, care to explain?
I consider data to be akin to something like water... it is aggregated into a single mass, data IS.... data sets are.
You wouldn't say "This water are cold!"
"This data are bad!"... vs "This data is bad".
Does anyone else say "data are" and if so, care to explain?