Hello;
I need to write about some data which has error in it. I mean, it's measurement results and the precision is always limited (there is no such thing as a perfect measurement on a continuous scale).
What is the correct way of saying this in English?
- the data is burdened with error?
- the data contains error?
- the data is subject to error?
The last one sounds best, but I am worried that it actually means "there is a risk there might be error in the data". And this is not what I want to say. Error is an inevitable part of the measurement the data came from. I have the same problem with "prone to error" or "error-prone".
FWIW, I am also writing about simulation data where the values are known perfectly; the error occurs in a real-life situations.
Thank you for any suggestions,
L.