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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

ET = 1,53

English translation:

standard deviation (SD = 1.53; σ = 1.53)

Added to glossary by Carol Gullidge
Dec 20, 2007 18:24
16 yrs ago
French term

****** ET = 1,53 ******

French to English Social Sciences Mathematics & Statistics a medical/psychology study on children with a medical syndrome
Il s’agit donc des enfants XXXX de notre série, de niveau correct ou bon, et pour lesquels les parents ont accepté la passation de plusieurs tests.
Huit sujets, 7 garçons et 1 fille, âgés de 7 ans 8 mois à 13 ans [Moy : 9, 84 ; ******ET = 1,53 ******; Med = 9,86 (7-13)] ont été inclus. Leur scolarisation s’effectue soit à l’école ordinaire avec un accompagnement rééducatif en libéral,...

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It looks like statistical data to me: Average, median... but what about ET?

This is a study on the psychological, sociological (etc) development of children born with a certain syndrome

I'd be most grateful for any help - thanks!

7-13 is the age group being studied
Proposed translations (English)
4 +8 standard deviation
Change log

Dec 20, 2007 21:42: Carol Gullidge changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/134264">Carol Gullidge's</a> old entry - " ET = 1,53 "" to ""standard deviation (SD/σ) = 1.53""

Discussion

Carol Gullidge (asker) Dec 20, 2007:
I'm beginning to see the light! it's about the "spread of the data about the mean value" ....

And I just realised I left the asterisks in the term at the top, for which I do apologise!
Carol Gullidge (asker) Dec 20, 2007:


It can't be the range, since that would be greater than 1.53...

Proposed translations

+8
7 mins
Selected

standard deviation

écart type = standard deviation. Makes sense in the context.

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Note added at 15 hrs (2007-12-21 10:00:30 GMT) Post-grading
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SD is what is known as a measure of central dispersion. In the so-called normal distribution (symmetric bell-shaped), one sd either side of the mean encloses 68.3% of the data, 2 sd's enclose 95.5% etc.
Note from asker:
thanks, Chris! Not being a statistician, I'm not much the wiser... currently researching how ET = 1.53 fits into the rest of the data (7-13). No doubt, all will soon be revealed!
thanks again, for the info. And please feel free to edit the glossary if you think it's not expressed as clearly as it ought to be! Merry Christmas!
Peer comment(s):
agree Attila Piróth
6 mins
agree Sara Mullin : yes, standard deviation
12 mins
agree L.J.Wessel van Leeuwen : it means that if you add 1.53 to the average of 9.84 and deduct 1,53 from 9.84 you will find that most of the data will fit between these two figures.
17 mins
agree Victoria Porter-Burns :
19 mins
agree Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
29 mins
agree Tony M : If the averag is 9.84, then an SD of 1.53 is perfectly logical. as L.J. has explained. It represents the extent to which the data are 'spread' around the average (= mean)
37 mins
agree Arleene McFarlane
2 hrs
agree ACOZ (X)
3 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks, indeed!"
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