[多项选择]作为教师或研究人员，我们一旦选定了自己的研究课题，接下来就是要对所需研究的对象进行调查或观测。在这个过程中，我们会获得一些数据，这些未加整理的数据均为原始数据(raw data)。它们是我们深入了解事物和揭示事物内在联系的第一手宝贵资料。从表面上看这些数据是不规则的，杂乱无章的，但如果对这些数据加以整理，我们就会从中看出一些规律性的东西来。

参考答案:As teachers or researchers, once we have decided on our own research topics, the next step is to investigate or watch what we need to study. In this process, we can acquire some data. The data that haven’t been sorted out are all raw data. They are our precious firsthand information to get a deep understanding of things and the internal connections between them. These data are seemingly irregular as well as disorderly. But if we sort them out, we can identify some regular things.