Statistical Terms Glossary

Any movement of goods and/or passengers using an IWT vessel on a given inland waterways network.

Enterprise carrying out in one or more places activities for the production of IWT services using IWT vessels and whose main activities according to the value added is inland waterway transport.
In terms of activity classifications the following classes are involved:
-- ISIC/Rev.3
Class 6120 - Inland waterway transport
-- NACE/Rev.1
Class 61.20 - Fluvial transport.

Vessel with a carrying capacity of not less than 20 tonnes designed for the carriage of freight by navigable inland waterways.

Vessel designed exclusively or primarily for the public carriage of passengers by navigable inland waterways.

Floating craft designed for the carriage of goods or public transport of passengers by navigable inland waterways.

An event that has resulted in any of the following:1. The death of, or serious injury to, a person that is caused by, or in connection with, the operations of an IWT vessel; or2. The loss of a person from an IWT vessel that is caused by, or in connection with, the operations of an IWT vessel; or3. The loss, presumed loss or abandonment of an IWT vessel; or4. Material damage to an IWT vessel; or5. The stranding or disabling of an IWT vessel, or the involvement of an IWT vessel in a collision; or6. Material damage to the inland waterways infrastructures external to a vessel; that could seriously endanger the safety of the vessel or another vessel or an individual: or7. Damage to the environment brought about by the damage of an IWT vessel or IWT vessels being caused by, or in connection with, the operations of an IWT vessel or IWT vessels.

An inland waterways passenger vessel designed to transport passengers across or along waterways. There are two main types:• Cross waterway ferry–Transport for passengers and possibly vehicles between two ports on either side of a waterway.• Along waterway ferry–Transport for passengers and possibly vehicles to a range of ports along a waterway

Is a data value that lies in the interior of a statistical distribution and is in error. Because inliers are difficult to distinguish from good data values they are sometimes difficult to find and correct.

The process of entering one administrative subdivision of a country (such as a province or state) from another subdivision to take up residence in the same country or province

A technological product and process innovating firm is one that has implemented technologically new or significantly technologically improved products or processes during the period under review

An innovation is the implementation of a new or significantly improved product (good or service), or process, a new marketing method, or a new organisational method in business practices, workplace organisation or external relations.

Are all scientific, technological, organisational, financial and commercial steps which actually, or are intended to, lead to the implementation of innovations. Some innovation activities are themselves innovative, others are not novel activities but are necessary for the implementation of innovations. Innovation activities also include R&D that is not directly related to the development of a specific innovation.

Innovation activities include all scientific, technological, organisational, financial and commercial steps which actually lead, or are intended to lead, to the implementation of innovations. Some of these activities may be innovative in their own right, while others are not novel but are necessary to implementation.

Involves active participation in joint innovation projects with other organisations. These may either be other enterprises or non commercial institutions. The partners need not derive immediate commercial benefit from the venture. Pure contracting out of work, where there is no active collaboration, is not regarded as co operation. Co operation is distinct from open information sources and acquisition of knowledge and technology in that all parties take an active part in the work.

Refers to planned changes in a firm's activities with a view to improving the firm's performance.

It involve the use of new pricing strategies to market the firm’s goods or services.

Is one that has had innovation activities during the period under review, including those with ongoing and abandoned activities. In other words, firms that have had innovation activities during the period under review, regardless of whether the activity resulted in the implementation of an innovation, are innovation-active.

Is one that has implemented an innovation during the period under review.

Inorganic matter are substances of mineral origin that are not characterized by primarily carbon—based structures

Inorganic pesticides are compounds like sulphates, arsenate’s, chlorides of lead, copper and so forth used for agricultural pest control

Rustproof (e.g. stainless steel and many alloys).

Refers to care for a patient who is formally admitted (or ‘hospitalised’) to an institution for treatment and/or care and stays for a minimum of one night in the hospital or other institution providing in-patient care.

Are beds accommodating patients who are formally admitted (or ‘hospitalised’) to an institution for treatment and/or care and who stay for a minimum of one night in the hospital or other institution providing in-patient care.

Total in-patient care beds refers to the average daily census or mid-year count of the available beds in all public and private in-patient institutions, including acute care, psychiatric care and nursing homes.

Input decay is the loss in the physical efficiency of an asset because, over time, it requires a greater input of labour or materials to produce a given quantity of capital services.

A tool such as tape, cards, keyboard, diskette, CD-ROM, light pen, scanner, digital camera, via Internet, etc., used to input data.

Input editing is editing that is performed as data is input. The editing may be part of a data entry system.

The approach used to obtain PPPs for non-market services. Because there are no economically significant prices with which to value the outputs of these services, national accountants follow the convention of estimating the expenditures on non-market services by summing the costs of the inputs required to produce them. PPPs for non-market services are calculated with input prices as these are the prices that are consistent with the prices underlying the estimated expenditures.