To refer to data as a collection of the personal information of many teachers, which would be more natural?

(1) Teachers data
(2) Teacher data
(3) Data of teachers

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aurelionsmol

27 June

English (US)

1) should be "Teachers' data".
2) is fine, though more context might be needed to determine whether 1) or 2) sounds better.

3) is a bit awkward, and I would avoid phrasing it that way if possible.

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polychromatic

27 June

Japanese

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Many thanks for your teaching:)

The context I have in mind, which is not particularly special though, is that there is a database storing school teacher(s') data and by using a device such as a PC, you can retrieve necessary pieces of information from it.

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aurelionsmol

27 June

English (US)

@polychromatic

Ah, OK!
You can use both - it really depends on the sentence.

The teachers' data as in "data about teachers" is tricky to pinpoint which one is better. I feel that "teacher data" will be used more, if I really had to say.
"This database stores all sorts of teacher data,
including income, class size, and even whether they have tenure or not."

The teachers' data as in "data from teachers" can more easily use both:
"According to teacher(s') data, a lot of students have been absent recently."
"The teachers' data has taught me a lot about the student body."

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polychromatic

27 June

Japanese

@aurelionsmol
I learned a lot :)
Answers to this sort of question were so difficult to find from books no matter how many I read through haha
I appreciate your teaching!

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To refer to data as a collection of the personal information of many teachers, which would be more natural?

(1) Teachers data
(2) Teacher data
(3) Data of teachers

Thanks in advance.

To refer to data as a collection of the personal information of many teachers, which would be more natural?(1) Teachers data(2) Teacher data(3) Data of teachersThanks in advance. See a translation

1) should be "Teachers' data". 2) is fine, though more context might be needed to determine whether 1) or 2) sounds better.3) is a bit awkward, and I would avoid phrasing it that way if possible.

To refer to data as a collection of the personal information of many teachers, which would be more natural?

(1) Teachers data
(2) Teacher data
(3) Data of teachers

Thanks in advance.

See a translation

1) should be "Teachers' data".
2) is fine, though more context might be needed to determine whether 1) or 2) sounds better.

3) is a bit awkward, and I would avoid phrasing it that way if possible.