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representativeness
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rep·re·sen·ta·tive  (rpr-znt-tv)
n.
1. One that serves as an example or type for others of the same classification.
2. One that serves as a delegate or agent for another.
3.
a. A member of a governmental body, usually legislative, chosen by popular vote.
b. A member of the U.S. House of Representatives or of the lower house of a state legislature.
adj.
1. Representing, depicting, or portraying or able to do so.
2. Authorized to act as an official delegate or agent.
3. Of or characteristic of government by representation.
4. Like or typical of others of the same class.

repre·senta·tive·ly adv.
repre·senta·tive·ness n.
Translations
representativeness [ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪvnɪs] n [sample, cross-section] → représentativité f


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SCHILLER, IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE 143-44 (2000) (using work on the representativeness heuristic to suggest that people will think stock market patterns of today will be like those of tomorrow).
The representativeness heuristic explanation rests on assumptions about participants' learning histories.
This representativeness heuristic is partly prompted by the urge to categorize everything.
 
 
 
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