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Definitions (3/7) - Grouped by first letter "L"
50 Definitions Grouped by first letter "L" ➔ Glossary of frequently used abbreviations...
Statistical method that attempts to minimise the median of all sample squared residuals.
One of the most popular methods of finding estimates based on fitting a mathematical model to data, aiming at minimizing the sum of squares of ...
An automatic correction method in which: 1. the least possible number of data items are changed 2. the changed record is the closest one (measured by ...
The least-squares growth rate, r, is estimated by fitting a linear regression trend line to the logarithmic annual values of the variable in the ...
A legal or social entity is one whose existence is recognized by law or society independently of the persons, or other entities, that may own or ...
The legal form (also known as legal status) is defined according to national legislation. It is useful for eliminating ambiguity in identification ...
Part of a legal unit that is located at a certain address. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cros/content/memobust-glossary-pdf-file_en
Marital status is defined as the (legal) conjugal status of each individual in relation to the marriage laws (or customs) of the country (that is de ...
Institutional unit entitled in law and sustainable under the law to claim the benefits associated with entities such as a good and service, a natural ...
Legal entity other than a natural person but having the normal rights and duties of an individual, such as the ability to sue or to be sued (a general ...
Legal retirement age for old age benefits means the age at which old age benefits become payable, if laid down by legislation or by contract. This age ...
Where the public are legally entitled to visit forest and other wooded land, whether publicly owned or owned by third parties. Some activities by the ...
see: "Judicial separation" http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/SeriesF_84_EN.pdf
Covers legal advisory and representation services in any legal, judicial and statutory procedures, drafting services of legal documentation and ...
See: Legal form
Juridical aspects under which an agricultural holding is operated.
Legal units include: - legal persons whose existence is recognised by law independently of the individuals or institutions which may own them or are ...
Comprises Legal services (code 275), Accounting, auditing, bookkeeping and tax consultancy services (code 276) and Business and management consulting ...
A legally constituted corporation is a legal entity, created for the purpose of producing goods or services for the market, that may be a source of ...
In cartography, the information on a map that explains which symbols are used for the features and variables that are represented on the map. This ...
The birth of a child to a mother who, according to national law or customs, was married at the time of the birth. This term should not be used to ...
Formal vesting of a person with the same status and rights of a person born in wedlock, according to the laws of the country.
Personal activities for pleasure or interest excluding professional work and basic household activities.
All accidents which occurred during leisure activities excluding those occurred at home and the home's surrounding or classified as road traffic or ...
Lemons is used in the literature on capital measurement to mean defective capital goods. It is sometimes alleged that prices of second hand assets are ...
The length of the road is the distance between its start and end point.
The total length of line operated for passenger transport, goods transport, or for both. This definition is identical in the third and fourth version ...
Length of service was defined as the number of years worked with the person's current employer. If the employee has already worked in another local ...
See "Inverse table - Leontief [SNA 1993]"
A broad level of educational attainment covering no participation in education, some participation in early childhood education and/or some ...
A facility provided for the public either on the public highways or at the premises of the universal service provider, where postal items may be ...
Original document by which the owner of data protected under this Regulation agrees to the use of such data under the specific terms and conditions by ...
Letter of credit provide a guarantee that funds will be made available, but no financial liability exists until funds are actually advanced.
Letter-post item refers to addressed letters, postcards, other printed papers (newspapers, periodicals, catalogues, etc), small packets, literature ...
Letter-post services consist of items of correspondence (ordinary letters and postcards, direct mail, registered mail, insured mail) and other ...
Position of a category or a group of categories within the hierarchy of a classification.
Any accident at level crossings involving at least one railway vehicle and one or more crossing vehicles, other users of the road such as pedestrians ...
Relative degree of development of a country as defined by statistical measures of life expectancy, literacy, educational attainment, and Gross ...
Main categories [The Community Methodology on Tourism Statistics (Eurostat, 1998)] : · Pre-primary education
· First level or primary education
· ...
See: Funding level http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/oecd_pension_class_and_gloss_en_and_fr.pdf
Level of protection refers to whether social protection schemes offer a basic or a supplementary level of protection. This definition is identical in ...
Type of outlier that refers to a change into higher or lower values, and the level of the time series undergoes a more permanent change.
Data expressed in absolute terms (values, numbers, units) for a given period of time.
An ordered set of categories, intended to group educational programmes in relation to gradations of learning experiences and the knowledge, skills and ...
Distance measure between two strings, defined as the minimum number of mutations needed to transform one string into the other.
Outlier in the x-direction. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cros/content/memobust-glossary-pdf-file_en
Liabilities are established when a debtor is obliged to provide a payment or a series of payments to a creditor.
Value of liabilities. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/oecd_pension_class_and_gloss_en_and_fr.pdf
A present obligation of the enterprise arising from past events, the settlement of which is expected to result in an outflow from the enterprise of ...
Irrespective of its title, any organised collection of printed books and periodicals or of any other graphic or audio-visual materials, and the ...