Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

variável composta

English translation:

composite variable

Added to glossary by Izabela Araujo
Mar 19, 2006 15:32
18 yrs ago
Portuguese term

variável composta

Portuguese to English Other Mathematics & Statistics statistics
A term used in statistics altogether with other kinds of variables

Proposed translations

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composite variable

I'm pretty sure that would be the most common term used in stats for this type of variable, but without knowing what it is really in the source text, I can't say I'm 100% sure.


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Note added at 1 hr (2006-03-19 16:44:00 GMT)
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There are many many references in Google, but this is a good one for you to determine whether this is what the source text is referring to...

www.emea.eu.int/pdfs/human/ewp/090899en.pdf

Good luck!
Peer comment(s):

agree Paul Dixon : Yes, indeed. I studied Mathematics and confirm - yes, it's definitely "composite" variable, not "composed".
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Thanks! I'm a stats hound myself :)
agree Isabella Becker
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Thank you!
agree Muriel Vasconcellos
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thank you!
agree David Elliff
8 hrs
Thanks!
agree Henrique Magalhaes
1 day 4 hrs
Muito obrigada!
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composed variable

Veja estes exemplos:

AEGiS-14IAC: Sexual practices of secondary school students in ...
A new composed variable was defined, scaled from 1 to 3, by combining the level of ... According to composed variable for risk behavior, it was also in the ...
www.aegis.com/conferences/iac/2002/WePeC6170.html


Self-teaching material for WinIDAMS
Construction of a composed variable using two variables from the dataset CM.DIC and CM.DAT ("Position in unit" and "R&D work versus experience"). ...
www.unesco.org/webworld/idams/selfteaching/eng/earithm-func...


'Re: Progress on new Recompose for XalanJ2' - MARC... there since overriden variables, for example, wouldn't be present in the composed variable list but would be present in the individual stylesheet. ...
http://marc2.theaimsgroup.com/?l=xalan-dev&m=97566092824284&...

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compounded variable

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Eu diria assim.
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Comment: "This is not a plausible translation for the term as I had the opportunity to check."
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