Metric vs. Statistic
Metric and Statistic Definitions
Metric
Of or relating to the metric system of measurement.
Statistic
A numerical piece of information.
Metric
(music) Of or relating to the meter of a piece of music.
Statistic
A calculated numerical value (such as the sample mean) that characterizes some aspect of a sample set of data, and that is often meant to estimate the true value of a corresponding parameter (such as the population mean) in an underlying population.
Metric
Of or relating to distance.
Statistic
One viewed solely as a piece of statistical or numerical information
Got laid off and became another statistic in the slumping economy.
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Metric
A measure for something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in engineering).
What metric should be used for performance evaluation?
What are the most important metrics to track for your business?
It's the most important single metric that quantifies the predictive performance.
How to measure marketing? Use these key metrics for measuring marketing effectiveness.
There is a lack of standard metrics.
Statistic
Alternative form of statistical
Metric
(mathematics) A function for the measurement of the "distance" between two points in some metric space: it is a real-valued function d(x,y) between points x and y satisfying the following properties: (1) "non-negativity": , (2) "identity of indiscernibles": , (3) "symmetry": , and (4) "triangle inequality": .
Statistic
A single item in a statistical study.
Metric
(mathematics) A metric tensor.
Statistic
A quantity calculated from the data in a sample, which characterises an important aspect in the sample (such as mean or standard deviation).
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Metric
Abbreviation of metric system
Statistic
A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information.
By dying from an overdose, he became just another statistic.
Metric
To measure or analyse statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a process.
We need to metric the status of software documentation.
We need to metric the verification of requirements.
We need to metric the system failures.
The project manager is metricking the closure of the action items.
Customer satisfaction was metricked by the marketing department.
Statistic
Of or pertaining to statistics; as, statistical knowledge; statistical tabulation.
Metric
Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.
Statistic
A datum that can be represented numerically
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Metric
Of or pertaining to the meter as a standard of measurement; of or pertaining to the decimal system of measurement of which a meter is the unit; as, the metric system; a metric measurement.
Metric
A function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them
Metric
A decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds);
Convert all the measurements to metric units
It is easier to work in metric
Metric
A system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
Metric
Based on the meter as a standard of measurement;
The metric system
Metrical equivalents
Metric
The rhythmic arrangement of syllables
