Data "of"/"on"/"about" (2025)

I had my academic paper edited. The below is the preposition the editor changed.

The demographic data "of" all subjects are summarized in Table 1 divided by three groups based on HL scores.

The data "for" waist circumference was missing in 56 subjects. --> I used "of" and the editor changed it to "for."
does "on" sounds better?
After checking it up in the COCA, I feel "on" is better. Just wonder if there is any difference.

Thank you.

Definitely 'for'

For the most part, COCA shows how bad people's grammar is today.

MilkyBarKid said:

Definitely 'for'

For the most part, COCA shows how bad people's grammar is today.

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I can't tell the difference about "on," "about," "of," and "for" after data.
Could you enlighten me or offer some prescriptive rules? Or more information I can read?

As what you mentioned, COCA shows people's grammar is poor today. I can't tell if online information is correct unfortunately.

Thank you.

The demographic data "of" all subjects are summarized in Table 1 divided by three groups based on HL scores.

In the above sentence, would it be more natural if I wrote, " The demographic data 'from' all subjects are summarized in Table 1 ...?"

Are the below sentences I made up correct?
? "The study collected data from 1000 women."
? "The study collected the CO2 emissions data for China."
? "The research included data for hypertension, height, weight, etc.."
? "The data about one million users of Yahoo was stolen."
? "The comprehensive data on Jupiter's atmosphere was analyzed in the research."

Thank you very much for your help in advance.

I found the below examples from Oxford Collocation, Longman, and Collins. Hopefully, it could help people with the same question as me.
about
Data about patients is only released with their permission.
The spacecraft has sent back new data about Jupiter's atmosphere.

for
We have no data for southern Spain.

from
My aim is to synthesize data from all the surveys.
The study was based on data from 2,100 women.

on
data on the effects of pollution
comprehensive data on the incidence of Lyme disease
It was recognised that several sources might have to be approached in order to obtain comprehensive data on this subject.
The collection of historical data on natural hazards is important since it is clear that their spatial pattern varies through time.

In the contexts you give
about -> that concerns; referring to; that relates to
for -> in respect of;
from - indicates the source/origin; originating in; having its source in
on - concerning; on the subject of

prudent260 said:

Could you enlighten me

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See above

or offer some prescriptive rules?

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It will save you much grief if you read my signature. Especially in relation to prepositions, guidance of any value would fill two or three books - there are no useful rules - let alone "prescriptive" ones. There is only general guidance, and that, you will find, has hundreds of exceptions - welcome to the English language.