Statistical Terms Glossary

The stratopause is the boundary between the stratosphere and mesosphere at a height of about 50 kilometres above the earth’s surface

The stratosphere is the upper layer of the atmosphere (above the troposphere), between approximately 10 to 50 kilometres above the earth’s surface

Refers to the crop residue consisting of the dry stems and leaves left after the harvest of cereals, legumes and other crops.

1) Body of water, generally flowing in a natural surface channel; 2) Water flowing in an open or closed conduit, a jet of water issuing from an orifice, or a body of flowing groundwater. Typically smaller than a river

The volumetric flow rate (expressed in units of volume over time) passing by a particular river cross-section at a particular instant. General term for water flowing in a stream or river channel.; The amount of water that flows past a given point in a given amount of time.

Street Net is an international alliance consisting of membership-based organizations (unions, cooperatives or associations) directly organizing street vendors, market vendors and/or hawkers. It was launched in Durban, South Africa, in November 2002, for member organizations to gain an understanding of the common problems of street vendors, develop new ideas for strengthening their organizing and advocacy efforts, and join in international campaigns to promote policies and actions that can contribute to improving the lives of millions of street vendors, market vendors and hawkers around the world.

Definition: See Tram.

Is a strategic planning method used to evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats involved in a project or in a business venture. It involves specifying the objective of the business venture or project and identifying the internal and external factors that are favorable and unfavorable to achieving that objective. The technique is credited to Albert Humphrey, who led a convention at Stanford University in the 1960s and 1970s using data from Fortune 500 companies.

A stress test is a “what if” scenario that takes the world as given but assumes a major change in one or more variables in order to see what effect this would have on various indicators. For instance, for an economy, the impact on growth, inflation, and external debt of a huge change in oil prices could be considered. Stress tests are particularly useful for financial institutions: for instance, an individual entity might consider the impact on net worth of a sharp movement in financial market prices, in order to help determine the appropriate level of capital to hold.

The Stress—response environmental statistical system is a statistical system, developed by Statistics Canada, distinguishing among measures that exert stress on the environment (stress and stressor statistics), measures of the effects on the environment (environmental response) and measures of policy response (collective and individual responses)

Is a temporary work stoppage effected by one or more groups of workers with a view to enforcing or resisting demands or expressing grievances, or supporting other workers in their demands or grievances.

Price a particular share must reach before an option to purchase the shares can be exercised.

A security certificate that has had the coupon removed by a broker, who sells them separately.

A time portion of each of the maturities of a multi-maturity loan.

Participation in each of the maturities of a multi-maturity loan.

A Stripped bond is a form of zero coupon bond, created by a "stripper" (usually an investment bank who purchases a large block of securities). The bank strips the coupon payments of a conventional bond or note from its principal capital sum and repackages both the coupon payments and the principal as a series of zero coupon bonds.

Stripped securities are securities that have been transformed from a principal amount with periodic interest coupons into a series of zero-coupon bonds, with the range of maturities matching the coupon payment dates and the redemption date of the principal amount.

Separation of future coupon payments and principal redemption values.

All forms of capital must be maintained intact independent of one another. The implicit assumption is that different forms of capital are mainly complementary; that is, all forms are generally necessary for any form to be of value. Produced capital used in harvesting and processing timber, for example, is of no value in the absence of stocks of timber to harvest. Only by maintaining both natural and produced capital stocks intact can non-declining income be assured.

A process of market-oriented economic reform aimed at restoring a sustainable balance of payments, reducing inflation, and creating the conditions for sustainable growth in per capita income.