Statistical Terms Glossary

Piece of land in a parcel separated from the rest of the parcel by easily recognizable demarcation lines, such as paths, cadastral boundaries, fences, waterways or hedges.

Field application efficiency (Ea) is the ratio between water directly available to the crop and that received at the field inlet.; It represents the efficiency of water application in the field.

The ratio between water received at the field inlet and that received at the inlet of the block of fields.

Field capacity refers to the amount of water held in a soil after gravitational water has drained away

A method of market research in which a product is tested by users in a “real life” setting.

Broad domain, branch or area of content covered by an educational programme, course or module. Often referred to as a ‘subject’ or ‘discipline’. This may also be referred to as ‘field of study’.

Field of study, as defined in International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), is as the subject matter taught in an education programme.

FIFO (first-in-first-out) is an inventory valuation method based on the assumption that goods are withdrawn from inventories in the same order as they entered

A Fighting brand refers to a new brand of an existing or similar product which is priced very low or below costs and is made available for a limited time period in specific market areas in order to combat competition from other (usually smaller) firms.

A protocol to share and transfer the files between two hosts through TCP/IP.

Water tightly held by soil particles. It does not move under the influence of capillary action or gravity and it is normally unavailable to plants.

Filtration refers to a treatment process for removing solid particulate matter from water by passing it through porous media such as sand or artificially produced filters. This process is often used to remove particles that contain pathogenic organisms

The fund member’s earnings that are used to calculate the pension benefit in a defined benefit plan; it is typically the earnings of the last few years prior to retirement.

Final consumption consists of goods and services used up by individual households or the community to satisfy their individual or collective needs or wants.

Government final consumption expenditure consists of expenditure, including imputed expenditure, incurred by general government on both individual consumption goods and services and collective consumption services

Household final consumption expenditure consists of the expenditure, including imputed expenditure, incurred by resident households on individual consumption goods and services, including those sold at prices that are not economically significant

Final consumption expenditure of non-profit institutions serving households (NPISHs) consists of the expenditure, including imputed expenditure, incurred by resident NPISHs on individual consumption goods and services

See Final salary scheme

Final expenditure consists of final consumption expenditure and gross fixed capital formation

A measure of the changes in prices paid by consumers, businesses and government for final purchases of goods and services. Intermediate purchases are excluded.

The date on which a debt obligation is contracted to be extinguished.