Indicator
Origin: Lat. indicāre
A measure, quantitative or qualitative, standardized or recognized, of a variable. An indicator should be simple, relevant, reliable and sensitive. An indicator is said to be "composite" when it associates several measures of different variables. The indicators allow us to understand the behaviors, the dynamics of the variables studied.
Spanish: Indicador
Sources and references
- Destatte, Phillipe & Philippe Durance: “Les mots-clés de la prospective territoriale” y “Palabras clave de la prospectiva territorial”cited 25 times
Term connections
+17 more connections not shown here. (see the lists below)
Mentioned by
- Analogy
- Anomaly
- Bellwether
- Co-incident indicator
- Correlation
- Covariance analysis
- Data availability
- Diagnosis
- Extrapolative methods
- Foresight methods
- Futures concepts
- Human Development Index
- Indicator validator
- Indicator, variable, factor, metric
- Lagging indicator
- Leading indicators
- MIDI Matrix
- Monitoring
- Precursor
- Real Time Delphi
- Real-Time Spatial Delphi
- Statistical analysis
- Weak signals, seeds of change
- Wild cards
- Worldwatch Institute
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