Statistical Terms Glossary

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FTTH which provides requirements for sound, picture and all communications services.

This covers all residual (heavy) fuel oils (including those obtained by blending). Kinematic viscosity is above 10 cSt at 80 degrees C. The flash point is always above 50 degrees C and density is always more than 0.90 kg/l.
Low sulfur content: heavy fuel oil with a sulfur content of less than 1%
High sulfur content: heavy fuel oil with a sulfur content of 1% or more.

Fuelwood or firewood (in log, brushwood, pellet or chip form) obtained from natural or managed forests or isolated trees. Also included are wood residues used as fuel and in which the original composition of wood is retained.

Observing the demographic behavior of a cohort of a population sharing a particular trait over a lifetime or over many time periods. For example, the study of the reproductive behavior of a cohort of women born between 1940 and 1945 during all years of their ability to conceive. The equations derived from this cohort analysis are focal measures. Compare that to analyzing the time period.

Full cost pricing is a practice where the price of a product is calculated by a firm on the basis of its direct costs per unit of output plus a markup to cover overhead costs and profits. The overhead costs are generally calculated assuming less than full capacity operation of a plant in order to allow for fluctuating levels of production and costs.

Occurs when the economy is producing to its maximum sustainable capacity, using labour, technology, land, capital and other factors of production to their fullest potential.

See Tied selling

Bank providing a wide range of services to clients.

Any job that is usually performed for 35 hours or more per normal week. In some occupations, usual weekly schedules of less than 35 hours per week are considered to be full-time. For these cases, the option “normal hours are full time” is provided.

See paid-up stock.

Areas of irrigation schemes, usually classified as large, medium, and small schemes. Criteria used in this classification are given in the tables.

Localized irrigation is a system where the water is distributed under low pressure through a piped network, in a pre-determined pattern, and applied as a small discharge to each plant or adjacent to it. There are three main categories: drip irrigation (where drip emitters are used to apply water slowly to the soil surface), spray or micro sprinkler irrigation (where water is sprayed to the soil near individual plants or trees) and bubbler irrigation (where a small stream is applied to flood small basins or the soil adjacent to individual trees). The following other terms are also sometimes used to refer to localized irrigation: micro-irrigation, trickle irrigation, daily flow irrigation, drop-irrigation, sip irrigation, diurnal irrigation.

A sprinkler irrigation system consists of a pipe network, through which water moves under pressure before being delivered to the crop via sprinkler nozzles. The system basically simulates rainfall in that water is applied through overhead spraying. These systems are also known as overhead irrigation systems.

Surface irrigation systems are based on the principle of moving water over the land by simple gravity in order to moisten the soil. They can be subdivided into furrow, border strip and basin irrigation (including submersion irrigation of rice). Manual irrigation using buckets or watering cans is also included. Surface irrigation does NOT refer to the method of transporting the water from the source up to the field, which may be done by gravity or by pumping.

Portion of the full control irrigation area that is irrigated from wells (shallow wells and deep tube wells) or springs.

Portion of the full/partial control irrigation area that is irrigated from mixed surface water and groundwater or from non-conventional sources of water such as agricultural drainage water, treated wastewater or desalinated water.

Portion of the full control irrigation area that is irrigated from rivers or lakes (reservoirs, pumping or diversion)

This is the sum of surface irrigation, sprinkler irrigation and localized irrigation. The text uses indifferently the expressions “full control” and “full/partial control”.

Is the number of full-time equivalent jobs, defined as total hours worked divided by average annual hours worked in full-time jobs.

Calculated in person-years. The unit for the measurement of full-time equivalence is a full-time teacher. The full-time equivalence of part-time teachers is determined by calculating the ratio of their hours worked to the statutory hours worked by a full-time teacher during the school year. For example, a teacher who works one-third of the statutory hours of a full-time teacher equals one-third of a full-time equivalent teacher.

A full-time equivalent (FTE) measure attempts to standardise a student’s actual course load against the normal course load. Calculating the full-time/part-time status requires information on the time periods for actual and normal course loads.

The equivalent is calculated in persons-years. The unit for the measurement of full-time equivalence is a full-time teacher. The full-time equivalence of part-time teachers is determined by calculating the ratio of their hours worked to the statutory hours worked by a full-time teacher during the school year. For example, a teacher who works one-third of the statutory hours of a full-time teacher equals one-third of a full-time equivalent teacher.

All students enrolled in primary and secondary level educational programmes should be considered full-time when head-count data are reported, if they attend school for at least 75 per cent of the school day or week (as locally defined) and if they would normally be expected to be in the programme for the entire academic year. Otherwise, they should be considered part-time. When determining full-time / part-time status, the work- based component in combined school- and work-based programmes should be included

Students engaged in an educational programme for a number of hours of study statutorily regarded as full-time at the particular level of education in the given country.

A person engaged in teaching for a number of hours of work statutorily regarded as full-time at the particular level of education.