data point

American  

Or datapoint

noun

1. a single fact or piece of information; a datum.

   Other data points, such as crime statistics, are available from the state government.

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Etymology

Origin of data point

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

The NFL can watch from afar, wait for feedback from UFL officials and use the spring football games as data points for what works and what doesn’t.

From The Wall Street Journal

People who ignore or undervalue prompting will remain trapped in the drudgery of manual operations, where data points must be located and assembled.

From MarketWatch

“What ultimately breaks us out of this range is less the next macro data point and more continued institutional and real‑economy adoption, especially as bitcoin continues to be an emerging store-of-value asset,” she said.

From MarketWatch

NatCen senior research fellow Prof Sir John Curtice says his organisation's "successive readings" each year showing the same trend gives him greater confidence in their results than in YouGov's set of two data points.

From BBC

Without the tariff ruling, those data points likely would have been bigger news, although perhaps they would not have done much to boost stocks.

From Barron's