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. In mathematics, a sequence is a list of objects (or events) arranged in a linear fashion, such that the order of the members is well defined and significant. ...

Reaching no result proves that actions are inefficient, ineffective, meaningless or flawed.

• in general any kind of research,action or phenomenon can lead to one or more results.
• in games (e.g. cricket, lotteries) or wars 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 or statistical expression
• statistics uses polls, tests and logs 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: NOR)
• in democracy : the election of a representative or vote on a subject.

Research is often described as an active, diligent, and systematic process of inquiry aimed at discovering, interpreting and revising facts. ... Action, as a concept in philosophy, is what humans can do. ... A phenomenon (plural: phenomena) is an observable event, particularly something special (literally something that can be seen, derived from the Greek word phainomenon = observable). ... Tug of war is an easily organized, impromptu game that requires little equipment. ... The result in a game of cricket may be a win for one of the two teams playing, a draw or a tie. ... A lottery is a popular form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize. ... The United States detonated an atomic bomb over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. ... Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, known today as the father of geometry; shown here in a detail of The School of Athens by Raphael. ... A calculation is a deliberate process for transforming one or more inputs into one or more results. ... Partial plot of a function f. ... A graph of a bell curve in a normal distribution showing statistics used in educational assessment, comparing various grading methods. ... A graph of a bell curve in a normal distribution showing statistics used in educational assessment, comparing various grading methods. ... A poll is either an election or a survey of a particular group. ... Look up test in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A log can be: a cut portion of a tree bole or large branch (see logging) a time-sequential data record (see data logging) a logarithm used in mathematical calculations a log (speed) to measure the speed of a ship a Ships log of important events in the management... Information is the result of processing, manipulating and organizing data in a way that adds to the knowledge of the person receiving it. ... Computer science (informally: CS or compsci) is, in its most general sense, the study of computation and information processing, both in hardware and in software. ... A data type is a constraint placed upon the interpretation of data in a type system in computer programming. ... Physics (from the Greek, (phúsis), nature and (phusiké), knowledge of nature) is the science concerned with the discovery and understanding of the fundamental laws which govern matter, energy, space and time. ... In the scientific method, an experiment (Latin: ex-+-periri, of (or from) trying), is a set of actions and observations, performed in the context of solving a particular problem or question, to support or falsify a hypothesis or research concerning phenomena. ... Forensic science (often shortened to forensics) is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to the legal system. ... J.L. Urban, statue of Lady Justice at court building in Olomouc, Czech Republic (1896-1901) Justice is the ideal, morally correct state of things and persons. ... A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. ... Face-to-face trading interactions among on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor Economics, as a social science, studies the production, distribution, and consumption of commodities. ... It has been suggested that Accounting scholarship be merged into this article or section. ... An election is a decision making process where people choose people to hold official offices. ... A legislature is a governmental deliberative body with the power to adopt laws. ... Voting is a method of decision making wherein a group such as a meeting or an electorate attempts to gauge its opinion—usually as a final step following discussions or debates. ...

Result Properties

As with any other piece of information results have certain properties in absolute terms or in relation to previous results or settings:

different meanings result, results, resulted Look up impact in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Profit is what is gained, after costs are accounted for. ... A contest is an event involving a competition at least two opposing individuals or teams, to be awarded a prize to the champion. ... Confrontation is a tactical tabletop fantasy wargame in which the combatants are represented by metal figures in 28-30mm scale. ... Competition is the act of striving against another force for the purpose of achieving dominance or attaining a reward or goal, or out of a biological imperative such as survival. ... Look up Change in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The philosophical concept of causality, the principles of causes, or causation, the working of causes, refers to the set of all particular causal or cause-and-effect relations. ... Reliability concerns quality or consistency. ... Credibility is the believability of a statement, action, or source, and the ability of the observer to believe that statement. ... Consistency has several technical meanings: In NASCAR Racing, consistency is a term coined by NASCAR drivers about the frequency of finishing well in the top ten or top five each race as it helps to get enough points to make the Chase For The Cup and win the Nextel Cup... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... In science, engineering, industry and statistics, accuracy is the degree of conformity of a measured or calculated quantity to its actual, nominal, or some other reference, value. ... Relevance is a term used to describe how pertinent, connected, or applicable some information is to a given matter. ...

Quality

In many cases the following formula is used:

result = quality * acceptance For the Talib Kweli album Quality (album) Quality can refer to a. ... Acceptance, in spirituality, mindfulness, and human psychology, usually refers to the experience of a situation without an intention to change that situation. ...

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