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representativeness
This term is primarily utilized within academic, scientific, and statistical frameworks to describe the degree to which a sample accurately mirrors the characteristics of a larger population. It carries a clinical, objective tone and is rarely used in casual conversation, appearing instead in research methodologies and data validation reports.
Because it describes an abstract quality or property, this noun is uncountable. It cannot be pluralized or counted with numbers; instead, it is modified by adjectives of degree such as high, low, or limited to indicate the level of accuracy in a sample.
Meanings
Examples
The researcher questioned the representativeness of the small sample size.
We must ensure the representativeness of the participants to avoid sampling bias.
Does this group actually have enough representativeness to speak for the whole city?
The lack of representativeness in the study led to skewed results.
I wonder if the representativeness of my data is high enough for a PhD thesis.
The audit focused on the representativeness of the selected invoices.
To improve representativeness, we should include people from various age groups.
The lawyer argued that the evidence lacked representativeness of the defendant's usual behavior.