Data Point
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A Data Point is a set of one or more measurements on a single member of a Observation Unit.
- AKA: Observation.
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- Example(s):
- $\{x_1,x_2,...x_n\}$ is a set containing the data points $x_i$ (with $i=1,2,...n$) of an observed physical quantity $X$.
- $\{dog, cat, the, bark\}$ is a set containing data points (i.e. words observed) of word-level language model.
- a Tuple Data Record.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Summary Statistic, Level of Measurement, Money Demand, Unit of Observation, Statistical Inference, Statistical Sample, Statistical Graphics.
References
2019
- (Wikipedia, 2019) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_of_observation#Data_point Retrieved:2019-12-22.
- A data point or observation is a set of one or more measurements on a single member of unit of observation. For example, in a study of the determinants of money demand with the unit of observation being the individual, a data point might be the values of income, wealth, age of individual, and number of dependents. Statistical inference about the population would be conducted using a statistical sample consisting of various such data points.
In addition, in statistical graphics, a "data point" may be an individual item with a statistical display; such points may relate to either a single member of a population or to a summary statistic calculated for a given subpopulation.
- A data point or observation is a set of one or more measurements on a single member of unit of observation. For example, in a study of the determinants of money demand with the unit of observation being the individual, a data point might be the values of income, wealth, age of individual, and number of dependents. Statistical inference about the population would be conducted using a statistical sample consisting of various such data points.