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10 Language-to-English DictionariesDescriptive measure
/dɪˈskrɪp.tɪv ˈmɛʒ.ər/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A summary statistic that quantitatively describes or summarizes features from a collection of information or data.
"The mean and standard deviation serve as key descriptive measures for the sample population." - 2
Any quantitative indicator used to characterize a specific property or attribute of a phenomenon.
"Frequency distribution acts as a useful descriptive measure in demographic studies."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of 'descriptive' (from Latin descriptivus, based on describere 'to write down, depict') and 'measure' (from Old French mesure, based on Latin mensura 'a measure'). The compound term emerged in modern statistics and data analysis to denote numerical values used to summarize datasets.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Descriptive measure" is said worldwide
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mesure descriptive
Transliteration: mezur de-skʁip-tiv
"La moyenne est une mesure descriptive importante."
deskriptives Maß
Transliteration: dɛskʁɪpˈtiːvəs maːs
"Der Mittelwert ist ein wichtiges deskriptives Maß."
misura descrittiva
Transliteration: miˈzu.ra de.skritˈti.va
"La mediana è una misura descrittiva della tendenza centrale."
medida descriptiva
Transliteration: meˈði.ða des.kɾipˈti.βa
"La varianza es una medida descriptiva de dispersión."
medida descritiva
Transliteration: meˈdʒi.dɐ des.kɾiˈtʃi.vɐ
"A moda é uma medida descritiva básica."
विवरणात्मक माप
Transliteration: vivaranatmak maap
"माध्य एक महत्वपूर्ण विवरणात्मक माप है।"
描述性测度
Transliteration: miáoshùxìng cèdù
"均值是一个常用的描述性测度。"
기술 통계량
Transliteration: gisul tonggyeryang
"평균은 대표적인 기술 통계량입니다."
記述統計量
Transliteration: kijutsu tōkeiryō
"平均値はデータの重要な記述統計量である。"
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