Representativeness

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Definition

Representativeness is an attribute of Risk Data, relevant in the context of developing risk models. It denotes the degree to which the historical data set offers a faithful representation of the risk phenomenon that is being modelled.

The concept is linked to, but is more loosely use in practise, than the representativeness heuristic of Kahneman and Tversky