representativeness

representativeness
The state or quality of being accurately representative of something.

One should not compromise on the essential standard of representativeness of the corpus as a whole. A corpus is only good if it can be reasonably trusted to represent the way language is used by those people whose usage one is interested in describing.


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  • Representativeness — Rep re*sent a*tive*ness, n. The quality or state of being representative. [1913 Webster] Dr. Burnet observes, that every thought is attended with consciousness and representativeness. Spectator. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • representativeness — representative ► ADJECTIVE 1) typical of a class or group. 2) containing typical examples of many or all types: a representative sample. 3) (of a legislative or deliberative assembly) consisting of people chosen to act and speak on behalf of a… …   English terms dictionary

  • representativeness — ivnə̇s noun ( es) 1. : the quality or state of being representative his representativeness as an American 2. : the characteristic of a specific scientific experiment that makes it an adequate sample of the general case …   Useful english dictionary

  • Representativeness heuristic — The representativeness heuristic is a heuristic wherein commonality between objects of similar appearance is assumed. While often very useful in everyday life, it can also result in neglect of relevant base rates and other errors. The… …   Wikipedia

  • representativeness — noun see representative I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • representativeness — See representatively. * * * …   Universalium

  • representativeness — The ability to give a reasonably accurate portrayal of the research subject s characteristics and known diversity. As applied to survey samples, or case study samples, this is judged by the extent to which key characteristics of the sample are… …   Dictionary of sociology

  • representativeness — reprɪ zentÉ™tɪvnɪs n. quality of serving on behalf of someone else, vicariousness, state of being representative n. state of being representative …   English contemporary dictionary

  • representativeness — rep·re·sent·a·tive·ness …   English syllables

  • Daniel Kahneman — Born March 5, 1934 (1934 03 05) (age 77) Tel Aviv, Israel …   Wikipedia

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