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Definitions (8/20) - Grouped by first letter "S"
50 Definitions Grouped by first letter "S" ➔ Glossary of frequently used abbreviations...
Measure to detect a quality problem. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cros/content/memobust-glossary-pdf-file_en
Any accident involving at least one rail vehicle in motion, resulting in at least one killed or seriously injured person, or in significant damage to ...
Damage that exceeds an internationally agreed threshold.
Significant influence is the power to participate in the financial and operating policy decisions of an entity, but is not control over those ...
Wagons for the transport in bulk of powdered products such as cement, flower, plaster etc. This definition is identical in the third and fourth ...
Comprise rooming and boarding houses, tourist residence and similar accommodation arranged in rooms and providing limited hotel services including ...
Criteria used to define categories in hierarchical classifications (e.g. the grouping of elementary building blocks).
Measure that indicates the extent to which two units are similar.
Sampling design in which the inclusion probability of each unit of the population is given by the sampling fraction.
A stepfamily in which all children are the biological or adopted children of one and only one married spouse or common-law partner and whose birth or ...
Measures for reducing the workload on statistical information providers, in particular SMEs, which have been approved by the European Parliament and ...
The simplification threshold [is a threshold] below which only data on 'product', 'partner Member State' and 'value' are required. From 1 January ...
"Simultaneity" means that the information obtained in a census refers to the same point in time (reference date).
Two or more parallel activities engaged in by a person over an interval of time.
A correction in which all the data in a record intended for correction is corrected at the same time (e.g., by using the record from a hot deck or ...
Dissemination of statistical data to all interested parties at the same time. http://www.sdmx.org/
Business operating in only one economic activity https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cros/content/memobust-glossary-pdf-file_en
Funds that pool the assets of pension plans established by a single sponsor.
A single indicator method of deflation is a means of estimating the volume movements of value added directly using only one time series as an ...
A Single Learning Activity is defined as being "characterised by unity of method and subject". The subject (or field) is what the individual learns. ...
Business operating from only one geographical location. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cros/content/memobust-glossary-pdf-file_en
A single parent household is a household with only one adult and at least one dependent child (under 18 years old).
Sentiment indicator based on a single question or sentiment indicator based on several questions within the same dimension, often obtained in the same ...
Synonym for partial productivity measure. It relates output to one particular type of input.
Sampling scheme in which the sample is selected directly from a list of units covered by the survey.
Any injury accident in which only one road vehicle is involved. This definition is identical in the third and fourth version of the Transport ...
Preparation of a piece of land in order to enable the construction of dwellings or other buildings and structures.
The facilities of a site consist of those facilities within the perimeter of the organisation where the congress takes place and includes both the ...
Six Sigma is a metric, methodology and a management system and has literal, conceptual and practical definitions.
The main sizes of containers are: a) 20 Foot ISO container (length of 20 feet and width of 8 feet) b) 40 Foot ISO container (length of 40 feet and ...
A map (often hand-drawn) that shows main features of a given area but which may not have a high degree of positional accuracy and may thus not ...
Measure of the asymmetry of a distribution. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cros/content/memobust-glossary-pdf-file_en
Skill is defined as the ability to carry out the tasks and duties of a given job. Two dimensions of skill are used to arrange occupations into groups. ...
Skill level is defined as a function of the complexity and range of tasks and duties to be performed in an occupation. Skill level is measured ...
Skill specialisation is considered in terms of four concepts: - the field of knowledge required - the tools and machinery used - the materials worked ...
Milk which has been subject to at least one heat treatment or an authorized treatment of equivalent effect by a milk processor and whose fat content ...
Milk powder with a maximum milk fat content of 1,5 % by weight of the product.
Separating the top floating layer of a liquid by mechanical means, e.g. milk fat
A census family that consists of grandparents and grandchildren without the presence of parents in the home
A slack work for technical or economic reasons includes difficulties such as plant breakdown or materials shortage (see also "Labour dispute"). ...
See "Shifting cultivation" http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/census_agri_en.pdf
Unlawful capture, acquisition or disposal of a person with intent to reduce the person to a status or condition over which any or all of the powers ...
Cutting feed materials into flat pieces http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:029:SOM:EN:HTML
Disaster that emerges gradually over time. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/product?code=KS-GQ-18-003&mode=view
Manure in liquid form – a mixture of excrements and urine of domestic animals, possibly including water and/or a small amount of litter.
1. The category of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is made up of enterprises which employ fewer than 250 persons and which have an ...
A cell that arises from one or two respondents.
Y values are extremely smaller than the other Y values of the "normal" units.
Objectives state what an organisation has set out to achieve. It is recommended that objectives should be SMART: • Specific: precise about what you ...
Distance that uses dynamic programming to find the minimum cost to convert one string into the corresponding string of the compared record; the ...