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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Should it be are or is???
Should the following sentance have used the word are or is? Pleae explain why. Thanks...
"Quantitative data are(?) observations corresponding to a quantitative variable."
"Quantitative data are(?) observations corresponding to a quantitative variable."
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'Data' is both singular and plural (the old singular 'datum' is long out of use except by pedants). 'Observations' makes it obvious that the plural is meant, so ' are '.
- 'Data' is both singular and plural (the old singular 'datum' is long out of use except by pedants).
- 'Observations' makes it obvious that the plural is meant, so ' are '.
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'Data' is both singular and plural (the old singular 'datum' is long out of use except by pedants). 'Observations' makes it obvious that the plural is meant, so 'are'.
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