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单词 representativeness
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representativeness
noun[U]
uk
/ˌrep.rɪˈzen.tə.tɪv.nəs/us
/ˌrep.rɪˈzen.t̬ə.t̬ɪv.nəs/
thefactof asmallergroupofpeopleor thingsrepresentingalargergroupaccurately, so that thesmallergroupistypicalof thelargerone:
There was aquestionabout the representativenessofthesample.
Thenumberofinterviewscarriedout was toosmallanumberto make anyclaimstostatisticalrepresentativeness.
Therandomselectionprocessaimstohelpensurethe representativeness ofCanadiancriminaljuries.
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representativeadjective
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unrepresentativeness
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  • Missingdatafrom someschoolsunfortunatelydistortedthe representativeness of thesample.
  • Onethemeof thediscussionwas thenotionof representativeness and the need forunionofficialstoreflectthe makeup andcharacteristicsof theworkerstheyserved.
  • Hearguedthat theexclusionof non-citizensunderminesthe representativeness of thejuryespeciallywithregardtoethnicity.
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(Definition ofrepresentativenessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrepresentativeness

representativeness
The low attrition rate (10 %) and high rate of direct follow-up support therepresentativenessof these findings to adult patients treated in an in-patient setting.
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The sample size was then scaled back to 290,518 in 1986, within the same sampling frame and with care to maintainrepresentativeness.
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Most importantly, the analysis would need to be performed on a sample whoserepresentativenesswas higher than the one studied here.
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But the databases used by the authors differ in terms of their design andrepresentativeness, and these differences have considerable implications for the accounts possible.
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No claims are made for therepresentativenessof the sample.
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This restriction led to some imbalance in the sample'srepresentativenessand the imbalance has been corrected by part-weighting.
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Finally, the use of a school-based sample is less likely to include students with poor school attendance and somewhat limits therepresentativenessof the sample.
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I also argued that, at least at the initial stages of investigation, socialrepresentativenesscan be overlooked when choosing speakers to be investigated.
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We also cannot exclude the possibility that there may be discrepancies in therepresentativenessof the corpora underlying our estimates.
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Aside from the problem ofrepresentativenessand generalizability, the ' best utterance ' approach is subject to ceiling effects for children at the highest levels of functioning.
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These people will make better judgments byrepresentativenessthan others, and may consequently achieve greater predictive accuracy than others - especially if everybody ignores base-rates.
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In our view, any deficiencies as regardsrepresentativenessare more likely to lead to greater measurement error and therefore poorer relationships.
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The lack of writing skills among women necessarily skews their socialrepresentativeness.
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Similarly, transferability could be questioned when therepresentativenessof the sample was unclear.
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Other factors that must be considered when constructing base lists are theirrepresentativenessof the domain and their correctness.
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