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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def data_groups(self, groups, entity_count):
 """Process Group data. Args: groups (list):
 The list of groups to process. Returns: list: A list of groups including associations """

        data = []
        # process group objects
        for xid in groups.keys():
            # get association from group data
            assoc_group_data = self.data_group_association(xid)
            data += assoc_group_data
            entity_count += len(assoc_group_data)

            if entity_count >= self._batch_max_chunk:
                break
        return data, entity_count