Definition Individual data

Individual data is defined as collected data that can be associated with a single element in a sample.

In a survey that collects data from 26 people (Person A, Person B, Person C, and so on up to Person Z), individual data refers to all data from Person A or Person B or Person C, and so on until Person Z. The totality of all data collected in a survey is combined into aggregated data in order to be evaluated. Only with access to individual data can we make meaningful calculations in descriptive and inductive statistics

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