representativity

English

Etymology

representative +‎ -ity

Noun

representativity (usually uncountable, plural representativities)

1. The quality of being representative.
   • 2015 August 1, “The Epidemiology of Major Depressive Episode in the Iraqi General Population”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Although weighting strategies were used to optimize the representativity of the general population, it is plausible that our results were biased because persons with a history of mental disorders might have been less likely to participate.

Derived terms

• nonrepresentativity