A collection of data is called a data set, and a single observation a data point.

全部资料的总和叫数据集合，单个观察数据叫数据点。

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If you're dealing with only a single observation point, which is usually the case, you can use either the capture or bubbling phase — there's no real difference.

如果处理单个观测点——这也是最常见的情况，使用哪个阶段都行，两者没有实际区别。

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In China, the research methods were changed from the analyzing single observation data to the way of using model and the methods combining observation and model.

我国在该领域的研究也从单一的观测资料分析逐渐转向模式模拟、多种方法综合分析。

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So if you pick an observation by a single observer at random, it will frequently be of the expanding universe, which has far more observers.

ECONOMIST: The universe, it appears, may not be alone

He calls them Black Swans, after the philosopher Karl Popper's observation that only a single black swan is required to falsify the theory that "all swans are white" even when there are thousands of white swans in evidence.

WSJ: Shattering the Bell Curve