Look up: observation

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   Observation
   Data collected for a given variable.
   Found on http://www.bized.co.uk/cgi-bin/glossaryd
   
   
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   observation
   [Noun] Keeping a close watch over someone, such as a patient in hospital.
   Example: Following the operation, the patient was kept under observation for 24 hours until her condition improved.
   Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary
   
   
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   observation
   [n] - a remark expressing careful consideration 2. [n] - facts learned by observing 3. [n] - the act of making and recording a measurement 4. [n] - the act of observing
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
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   Observation
   Observations refer to repeated values of a data variable. The rows of a column represent the observations. See also: Statistic.
   Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour
   
   
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   observation
   (a) observation of a particular type made with a frequency indicated by a prefix, e.g. hourly --. (b) Observation made every day at a fixed time or times, e.g. 18 h --. Category: The cosmos
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
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   Observation
   Ob`ser·va'tion noun [ Latin observatio : confer French observation .] 1. The act or the faculty of observing or taking notice; the act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything. « My observation , which very seldom lies.» Shak. 2. The result of an act, or of acts, of observing; view; reflection; conclusion; judgment. « In matter ...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/5
   
   
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   observation
   An act or the faculty of observing or taking notice: an act of seeing or fixing the mind upon something, an act of recognising and noting measurement of some magnitude with suitable instruments. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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   observation
   reflection noun a remark expressing careful consideration
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   observation
   observance noun the act of observing; taking a patient look
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    Observation
    `Observation` is an activity of a sapient or sentient living being (e.g. humans), which senses and assimilates the knowledge of a phenomenon in its framework of previous knowledge and ideas. Observation is more than the bare act of observing: To perform observation, a being must observe and seek to add to its knowledge. Observations are statements which are determined by using one of the five senses. Observations aroused by self-defining instrume...
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    Observation
    • (n.) The information so acquired. • (n.) The result of an act, or of acts, of observing; view; reflection; conclusion; judgment. • (n.) The act of recognizing and noting some fact or occurrence in nature, as an aurora, a corona, or the structure of an animal. • Specifically, the act of measuring, with suitable instruments, ...
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    observation
    (from the article `Carnap, Rudolf`) ...in purely experiential terms but can at least be partly defined by means of `reduction sentences,` which are logically much-refined versions of ... ...necessitate the conclusion. Traditionally, the study of inductive logic was confined to either arguments by analogy or else methods of arr...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/3
    
    
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    observation
    an act or the faculty of observing or taking notice : an act of seeing or fixing the mind upon something; an act of recognizing and noting measurement of some magnitude with suitable instruments.
    Found on http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/
    
    
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    observation
    
    1. the act of making and recording a measurement
    2. the act of observing; taking a patient look
    3. facts learned by observing
    4. the act of noticing or paying attention
    5. a remark expressing careful consideration
    6. explicit notice
    
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    OBSERVATION
    In meteorology, the evaluation of one or more meteorological elements, such as temperature, pressure, or wind, that describe the state of the atmosphere, either at the earth's surface or aloft. An observer is one who records the evaluations of the meteorological elements.
    Found on http://www.weather.com/glossary/o.html
    
    
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    Observation
    Observation of student by teacher. Observations may be used during performance assessments, or simply to gather informal information about an individual student's needs and achievements.
    Found on http://glossary.plasmalink.com/glossary.
    
    
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    Observation
    A method of data collection in which the situation of interest is watched and the relevant facts, actions and behaviors are recorded. This is a important area of library use which is usually uncounted--what people are actually doing in the library e.g., browsing, using the computer, reading to a child, etc.
    Found on http://www.ifla.org/VII/s34/pubs/glossar
    
    
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    Observation
    (Lat. ob + servare, to save, keep, observe) The act of becoming aware of objects through the sense organs and of interpreting them by means of concepts. See Sensation. -- A.C.B.
    Found on http://www.ditext.com/runes/o.html