A result (also called upshot) is the final consequence of a sequence of actions or events expressed qualitatively or quantitatively. Possible results include advantage, disadvantage, gain, injury, loss, value and victory. There may be a range of possible outcomes associated with an event depending on the point of view, historical distance or relevance. Reaching no result can mean that actions are inefficient, ineffective, meaningless or flawed.
Some types of result are as follows:
In management and related fields, a result is a piece of information that has certain properties in absolute terms or in relation to previous results or settings:
impact | |||
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positive (+) | neutral (0) | negative (-) | |
profitability | profit | balance | loss |
contest | win | tie | loss |
confrontation | victory | armistice | defeat |
competition | success | no change | failure |
change | increase | stagnation | decrease |
causality | direct | random | indirect |
reliability | reliable | undetermined | unreliable |
credibility | confirmed / verified | unknown | denied / falsified |
consistency | consistent | equivalent | inconsistent |
sensitivity | public / open | unclassified | classified / secret |
accuracy | accurate / true | undefined / null | inaccurate / false |
relevance | important | normal | negligible / meaningless |
In quality assurance the following formula is sometimes used: