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Data sets


  • Collections of similar or related data that are usually assembled as a matter of record or for research. For electronic systems that allow data to be easily accessed, manipulated, and updated see [Databases.]
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    • Data sets
  • Variants

    • Data banks
    • Databanks
    • Datasets
    • Raw data sets
  • Broader Terms

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  • Sources

    • found: Data set 3910, 2003:title page of PDF accompanying zip file (Data documentation for data set 3910)
    • found: Latin American Public Opinion Project, viewed January 4, 2019:opening screen (LAPOP datasets home) - http://datasets.americasbarometer.org/database/index.php
    • found: What is? via TechTarget, viewed January 4, 2019:Data set (A data set is a collection of related, discrete items of related data that may be accessed individually or in combination or managed as a whole entity)
    • found: Online dictionary of library and information science, March 11, 2019:data set (A logically meaningful collection or grouping of similar or related data, usually assembled as a matter of record or for research, for example, the American FactFinder Data Sets provided online by the U.S. Census Bureau or the National Elevation Dataset available from the U.S. Geological Survey. Also spelled dataset)
    • found: OECD Glossary of statistical terms online, March 11, 2019:data set (definition: any organized collection of data; context: Within SDMX, a data set can be understood as a collection of similar data, sharing a structure, which covers a fixed period of time. A data set is any permanently stored collection of information usually containing either case level data, aggregation of case level data, or statistical manipulations of either the case level or aggregated survey data, for multiple survey instances. The terms database and data set are often used interchangeably.)
  • General Notes

    • Collections of similar or related data that are usually assembled as a matter of record or for research. For electronic systems that allow data to be easily accessed, manipulated, and updated see [Databases.]
  • Example Notes

    • Note under [Databases]
  • Instance Of

  • Scheme Membership(s)

  • Collection Membership(s)

  • Change Notes

    • 2018-09-07: new
    • 2019-07-01: revised
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