Raw data would be the basic numbers and details collected from research without any manipulations.
I.E. It is the "input" for any statistical calculations.
However, with justification, certain anomalies can be removed from a data set before performing calculations, or subjects might be excluded if they do not meet certain predefined criteria.
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* # data collected threw survays. # observations from experiments. # govt records.
Raw data comprises information about variables, which is collected as part of a statistical experiment. A frequency table is a table which gives the counts of these observations according the values or categories of these data.
The initial data that you collect is raw data.
ways of presenting data in statistics
All statistics are data because all statistics are formed of numbers and numbers are a type of data (numrical). But not all data is statistics because not all data is numbers, it can also be words, pictures etc. It's like saying all apples are fruit but all fruit are not apples.
Raw data is collected then collated for statistical purposes