Gather data
A2 · Study & Academic · A2 collocations
Meaning
To collect information from different sources for study or analysis.
Example
Researchers spent six months gathering data from hospitals across the region.
How to use it
'Collect data' is equally common. 'Data' is usually uncountable in everyday use ('the data is'), though 'the data are' appears in formal science writing.
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Related collocations
- carry out researchto do detailed study in order to discover new facts or information
- conduct an experimentto organise and do a scientific test in order to find something out
- draw a conclusionto decide what is true after thinking carefully about the facts
- analyze datato examine information carefully to find patterns or meaning
- empirical evidenceinformation based on observation or experiments rather than theory
- statistically significanttoo large or consistent to be explained by chance alone
- adverse effecta harmful or unwanted result
- causal linka connection in which one thing directly makes another thing happen