Collocations for data - noun

accurate, reliable
comprehensive, detailed, extensive
limited
preliminary, raw
We have amassed a large amount of raw data for analysis.

factual, hard
There is no hard data to support these theories.

available, published
unpublished
personal
digital, empirical, experimental, numerical, observational, quantitative, scientific, statistical
demographic, environmental, financial, genetic, geological, historical, technical

piece
One vital item of data was missing from the table.

mass, set
Special software is needed to manipulate the mass of data.
Although we were using the same set of data, we obtained different results.

acquire, amass, capture, collect, gather, generate, get, obtain
We need to collect more data before we can do any more work.

enter, feed in
The next step is to feed in all this data.

have, hold, record, store
They are not allowed to hold data on people's private finances.

access, retrieve
analyse/analyze, compare, examine, interpret, look at, study
use
handle, manage, manipulate, process
The computer can manipulate massive amounts of data.

exchange, share, transfer
send, transmit
present (sb with), show
provide (sb with), publish, report
The government departments refused to provide the data that we required.

fit
This theory seems to fit the available data.

be derived from sth
The data derived from this project has increased our knowledge of how genes work.

illustrate sth, indicate sth, reflect sth, show sth, suggest sth
Data indicates that most crime is committed by young males.
This data reflects the magnitude of the problem.

support sth

acquisition, capture, collection
Weather conditions have made accurate data collection difficult.

entry, input
storage
access, retrieval
analysis, handling, management, manipulation, processing
exchange, interchange, stream, transfer, transmission
protection, security
These demands could breach EU data-protection laws.

loss
source
archive, bank (usually databank), base (usually database), centre/center, file, network, set
The fuller data set for this period permits a much more detailed analysis.

service, structure, system

in the data
We have found some very interesting things in the data.

data about
Data about patients is only released with their permission.

data for
We have no data for southern Mexico.

data from
My aim is to synthesize data from all the surveys.

data on
data on the effects of pollution

the acquisition, handling, storage, etc. of data
a source of data