retrospectively

(adverb)

In a retrospective manner.

Related Terms

Examples of retrospectively in the following topics:

  • Sunk Costs

    • Sunk costs are retrospective costs that cannot be recovered, and are therefore irrelevant to future investment decisions in the project which incurs them.
    • Sunk costs are retrospective costs that have already been incurred and cannot be recovered.
    • For example the research and development of a pharmaceutical are retrospective once it is time to market the product.
    • Therefore, the costs of R&D are considered sunk once they are retrospective and irrecoverable.

  • Observational studies

    • Observational studies come in two forms: prospective and retrospective studies.
    • Retrospective studies collect data after events have taken place, e.g. researchers may review past events in medical records.
    • Some data sets, such as county, may contain both prospectively- and retrospectively-collected variables.
    • Local governments prospectively collect some variables as events unfolded (e.g. retails sales) while the federal government retrospectively collected others during the 2010 census (e.g. county population counts).

  • The "Noisy Minority" Effect

    • Most people's impression of the discussion up to that point will have been somewhat murky: "Huh, it sure feels like there's some big deal here, because there sure are a lot of posts, but I can't see any clear progress happening. " By explaining how the form of the discussion made it appear more turbulent than it really was, you retrospectively give it a new shape, through which people can recast their understanding of what transpired.

  • Reporting Irregular Items

    • These changes should be applied retrospectively and shown as adjustments to the beginning balance of affected components in Equity.

  • Case Studies

    • Case studies may be prospective or retrospective; prospective studies feature criteria that are established and include additional cases that meet those criteria as they become available, while retrospective studies use criteria to select cases from historical records.

  • Sociological Theories of Deviance

    • This process of recasting past actions in light of a current deviant identity is referred to as "retrospective labeling. " A clear example of retrospective labeling is seen in how the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre were recast after the incident took place.

  • The Global Economy

    • In retrospect, that was more than the countries could handle.

  • Case study: gender discrimination exercises

    • In a nationwide retrospective observational study of 227,571 Medicare beneļ¬ciaries aged 65 years or older, it was found that 2,593 of the 67,593 patients using rosiglitazone and 5,386 of the 159,978 using pioglitazone had serious cardiovascular problems.

  • References

    • Bloom's taxonomy: a forty-year retrospective.

  • Overview of Statement Changes and Errors

    • In order to properly correct an error, it is necessary to retrospectively restate the prior period financial statements.