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  1. word choice: data points or datapoints? - English Language & Usage ...

    Aug 13, 2019 · Even in JSTOR (an academic database), "datapoint" appears 584 times to "data point"'s 22,876 times. So while data point is much more common, both are attested, so the choice comes …

  2. Point [s] of datum vs. point [s] of data - English Language & Usage ...

    Nov 17, 2014 · The only phrasing that I've ever heard "is "data point" and it's my job to work with data. Even that phrase is extremely rate; the commonly used terms are "observation" and "record". Back to …

  3. Adverb form of "outlier" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Jun 29, 2018 · I'm looking for an adverb form or synonym of the word "outlier." An example of usage: This datapoint is _____ positive. I've thought of disproportionately, but that word carries additional

  4. Does a "fact" have to be true? - English Language & Usage Stack …

    May 28, 2015 · Specify some repeatable observable phenomenon O. Here O is a time-series comprised of (A) a child eating food with artificial colors, and (B) a child's behavior after doing so. Specify some …

  5. Use of 'as' instead of 'because' - English Language & Usage Stack …

    As one datapoint, one of my co-authors, who is from the West Coast, cannot use as causatively at all, and always rewrites my stuff to use because. In contrast, in my own family from the Inland North, it is …

  6. grammar - Other ways of saying "except for one" - English Language ...

    Jul 5, 2012 · For example in the sentence All datapoints, except for one, lie on a line. to me (not a native English speaker), the "except for one" part sounds too heavy. Are there other, lighter ways of sayin...

  7. Antiviral vs Anti-Viral - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Sep 10, 2016 · No, hyphens occur in 1929, 1987 and 2001, and examples without in 1934, 1994 and 2001. Seems to be spread evenly throughout history, probably at something like the distribution ratio …