Result 1948710 224626513 2008-07-09T18:41:07Z 86.135.227.124 {{cleanup-rewrite}} A '''result''' is the final consequence of a [[sequence]] of actions or events (broadly incidents and accidents) expressed qualitatively or quantitatively, being a loss, injury, disadvantage, advantage, gain, victory or simply a value. There may be a range of possible outcomes associated with an event possibly depending on the point of view, historical distance or relevance. Reaching no result proves that actions are inefficient, ineffective, meaningless or flawed. * in general any kind of [[research]], [[Action (philosophy)|action]] or [[phenomenon]] can lead to one or more results. * in [[game]]s (e.g. [[The result in cricket|cricket]], [[lottery|lotteries]]) or [[war]]s the result describes the victorious party and possibly effects on the environment. * in [[mathematics]]: the final value of a [[calculation]] (e.g. arithmetic operation), [[function (mathematics)|function]] or [[statistics|statistical expression]] * [[statistics]] uses [[poll]]s, [[test]]s and [[log]]s to analyze, extract and interpolate [[information]]. * in [[computer sciences]]: the return value of a function, state of a system or list of records matching a query (e.g. web search). The '''result type''' is the [[data type]] of the data returned by a function. * in [[physics]]: the '''outcome''' of an [[experiment]] * in [[forensics]] and [[justice]]: the '''proof''' of guilt or innocence of a suspect after evaluating evidence in a [[criminal investigation]]. * in [[economics]]/[[accounting]]: the profit or loss at the end of a fiscal period. (see also: [[Net operating result|NOR]]) * in [[democracy]] : the [[election]] of a [[Representative democracy|representative]] or [[vote]] on a subject. ===Result Properties=== As with any other [[piece of information]] results have certain properties in absolute terms or in relation to previous results or settings: <table border="1"> <tr> <th>[[impact]]</th> <td>positive (+)</td> <td>neutral (0)</td> <td>negative (-)</td> </tr> <tr> <th>[[profitability]]</th> <td>profit</td> <td>balance</td> <td>loss</td> </tr> <tr> <th>[[contest]]</th> <td>win</td> <td>tie</td> <td>loss</td> </tr> <tr> <th>[[confrontation]]</th> <td>victory</td> <td>armistice</td> <td>defeat</td> </tr> <tr> <th>[[competition]]</th> <td>success</td> <td>status quo</td> <td>failure</td> </tr> <tr> <th>[[change]]</th> <td>increase</td> <td>stagnation</td> <td>decrease</td> </tr> <tr> <th>[[causality]]</th> <td>direct</td> <td>random</td> <td>indirect</td> </tr> <tr> <th>[[reliability]]</th> <td>reliable</td> <td>undetermined</td> <td>unreliable</td> </tr> <tr> <th>[[credibility]]</th> <td>confirmed / verified</td> <td>unknown</td> <td>denied / falsified</td> </tr> <tr> <th>[[consistency]]</th> <td>consistent</td> <td>equivalent</td> <td>inconsistent</td> </tr> <tr> <th>[[Information sensitivity|sensitivity]]</th> <td>public / open</td> <td>unclassified</td> <td>classified / secret</td> </tr> <tr> <th>[[accuracy]]</th> <td>accurate / true</td> <td>undefined / null</td> <td>inaccurate / false</td> </tr> <tr> <th>[[relevance]]</th> <td>important</td> <td>normal</td> <td>neglectable / meaningless</td> </tr> </table> different meanings result, results, resulted ===Quality=== In many cases the following formula is used: '''result''' = [[quality]] * [[acceptance]] A product, service or activity can be delivered with a high (technical) quality, but if the acceptance is small, the end-result is also small. This formula is commonly used to explain junior technical engineers that more needs to be done to reach a (project) target than just implement a good technical solution. The acceptance in the formula is most of the time increased by involving end-users/customers in the specification of the targets and assigning end-user-tests to them. ==See also== * [[Determinism]] [[Category:Military terminology]] [[Category:Commerce]] [[Category:Management]] [[Category:Political philosophy]] [[de:Ergebnis]] [[ia:Resultato]] [[ja:結果]] [[pl:Wynik]] [[simple:Result]]