“Data Is” or “Data Are”?

Question by ?: “Data is” or “data are”?

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Answer by rebecca
Data is. Data is the concept of a whole thing (though made up of many small parts)/

Answer by shelly
it could be either, but i think it’s usually “data is”

“this data is wrong”

“these types of data are confusing”

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