minus-squareLynneOfFlowers@midwest.socialtoScience Memes@mander.xyz•AckchualllylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·22 days agoI guess I tend to use data as a mass noun when referring to computer data (“there’s a lot of data on that drive”) and as a regular noun when referring to data in the scientific sense (“these data show xyz”) linkfedilink
LynneOfFlowers@midwest.social to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoCould monkeys predict the U.S. election?plus-squarewww.science.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down18
arrow-up148arrow-down1external-linkCould monkeys predict the U.S. election?plus-squarewww.science.orgLynneOfFlowers@midwest.social to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square13fedilink
I guess I tend to use data as a mass noun when referring to computer data (“there’s a lot of data on that drive”) and as a regular noun when referring to data in the scientific sense (“these data show xyz”)