Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume

Indicator (INDICATOR)

Translation
Section	English 132	Arabic 132	Czech 132	German 132	Spanish 132	French 132	Italian 132	Japanese 132	Portuguese 132	Russian 132	Chinese 132
132-1	analysis	تحليل	analýza	Analyse	análisis	analyse	analisi	分析	análise	Анализ	分析
132-2	synthesis	مرحلة التركيب	syntéza	Synthese	síntesis	synthèse	sintesi	総合	síntese	Синтез	综合
132-3	calculation —computation	حساب	výpočet	Berechnung	calculan	calculer	calcolare	算定 —計算	cálculo —cômputo	Исчисление	计算
132-4	indices	مؤشرات—قرائن	poměrné číslo	Maßzahl	índices	indice	indici —rapporti	指標	indicadores	Индекс	指数
132-5		مؤشر تركيبي		komplexe Maßzahl —synthetische Maßzahl	índices sintéticos	indice synthétique	rapporti sintetici
132-6	result	رقم المشذب	zpracovaný výsledek	Auswertungsergebnis —Resultat	resultados elaborados	résultat élaboré	elaborazioni	算定結果	resultados	Результат	结果
132-7	index —index number	مؤشر	index	Index —Meßzahl	índice	indice	rapporto	指標 —指数	indicador —índice	Индекс	指数
132-8	base	قاعدة مئوية—أساس	základ	Basiszahl	base	base cent	base cento	基準値	base		基数
132-9	indicator	أدلة	ukazatel	Indikator	indicador	indicateur	indicatori	尺度	indicador	Показатель	指标

Using the basic data generally involves two phases. Analysis ¹ aims at isolating the components of the observed numbers (size, structure, extraneous factors and the phenomenon under investigation); synthesis ² is the process of recombining the disaggregated components in various ways. Either phase involves the calculation ³ or computation ³ of indices ⁴ which may be denoted by various names (cf. § 133). In contrast to the basic data, these indices are referred to as results ⁶ or synthetic indices ^5★. In a more restricted sense an index ⁷ (pl. indexes or indices) or index number ⁷ is a ratio showing the value of a given quantity relative to a base ⁸, which is usually taken as 100. Some indices are good indicators ⁹ of a complex situation; thus the infant mortality rate is sometimes used as an indicator of the health status of a population.

1. Analysis, n. - analytical, adj. - analyze, v.
3. Calculate, b. - calculation, n. - calculator, n.: a machine with minimal to modest data storage capabilities designed to facilitate a modest amount of arithmetic and statistical calculating.
Compute, v. - computation, n. - computer, n.: a machine system designed to effect the transmission, storage and calculations of large data sets; it permits arithmetic and statistical calculations as well as logical processing of data. In a dated sense, the terms calculator and computer were used to designate the person(s) engaged in the computations.