Sentence examples for data is patchy from inspiring English sources

Again, this data is patchy.

The recording of diagnostic data is patchy.

We have an idea, but the data is patchy and complex.

In some subjects, the data is patchy as student returns fall below statistically acceptable levels.

Although the data is patchy at best it appears these cuts have coincided with deteriorating mental health among young people.

Since trafficking is run by illegal gangs and the communities involved are poor and remote, official data is patchy and probably underestimates the scale of the problem, according to experts.

But historical cross-country comparisons are difficult to make; the data are patchy, and different countries measure differently.

Data are patchy but suggest that start-ups do deliver better results.

Kevin Trenberth of America's National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), who co-ordinated the relevant part of the 2007 IPCC report, claims the study is skewed by the way the authors calculate the influence of humidity, wind and clouds on which data are patchy.

Data are patchy, but according to new figures from the China-Latin America Finance Database, a joint effort between the Inter-American Dialogue, a think-tank, and Boston University, China committed almost $100 billion to Latin America between 2005 and 2013 (see chart).

They noted that although data was patchy and numbers remained comparatively low, a number of national surveys indicated increasing NPS use among problem drug users, who were often taking them in conjunction with heavy use of other drugs such as heroin and alcohol.