What's the difference between statistics and data*?
Statistics
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Someone's interpretation of raw numbers
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Reported numbers in an article, book, tweet, webpage, or other type of publication
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Presented in published tables, graphs, or charts
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Does not require use of a data analysis program
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Data
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Collections of raw numbers in the form of data sets
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Sometimes described as "machine readable data files"
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Requires use of a data analysis program such as Excel, SPSS, R, etc.
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Often includes supporting documentation such as codebooks and release notes
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* Based on sources such as the guides Finding Data and Statistics from Lenoir-Rhyne University Libraries and Statistics: Finding Data and Statistics from Loyola University Chicago Libraries.