Statistics & Government Resources

"The term data refers to a collection of information.  A more detailed definition includes types of data that combine to be the collected information such as numbers, words, pictures, video, audio, and concepts."

• Schreiber, J.B. (2008). Data. In L.M. Given, The SAGE encyclopedia of qualitative research methods. Sage Publications.  Credo Reference.  Retrieved from http://ezproxy.ccu.edu/login?url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/sagequalrm/data/0?institutionId=4352.

Statistics is "the science of collecting, analyzing, presenting, and interpreting data." 

• Statistics. (2019). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/science/statistics

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World DataBank

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