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Wahrscheinlichkeitsschwelle

English translation: probability threshold

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German term or phrase:Wahrscheinlichkeitsschwelle
English translation:probability threshold
Entered by: YorickJenkins

08:34 Feb 15, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Mathematics & Statistics
German term or phrase: Wahrscheinlichkeitsschwelle
The word comes up in a definition of "Signficanzniveau". I could work round "Wahrscheinlichkeitsschwelle" with no problem but as it seems to be a fixed expression in German when talking about statistics, whether health statistics or others, I was wondering if there was an exact English equivalent. Yorick Jenkins

"Gibt an, ab welcher Wahrscheinlichkeitsschwelle ein statistisches Untersuchungsergebnis als signifikant (siehe dort) akzeptiert wird"
YorickJenkins
Local time: 08:26
probability threshold
Explanation:
I realize this is close to MMax's answer, but I believe this term is much more commonly used.

probability threshold rule based on a Bayes’ criterion. This ... probability threshold rule. The proposed threshold rule used accumulated data for ...
ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/9530/30274/01390480.pdf
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Lori Dendy-Molz
Germany
Local time: 08:26
Grading comment
That's the ticket-thanks very much indeed.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2probability threshold
Lori Dendy-Molz
4threshold of significance
Julia Esrom
3probabilistic threshold
Max Masutin


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
threshold of significance


Explanation:
comes to mind

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Note added at 4 mins (2007-02-15 08:39:21 GMT)
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significance threshold works also

Julia Esrom
Germany
Local time: 08:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
probabilistic threshold


Explanation:
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    Reference: http://72.14.253.104/search?hl=en&q="probabilistic(thre...
Max Masutin
Ukraine
Local time: 09:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
probability threshold


Explanation:
I realize this is close to MMax's answer, but I believe this term is much more commonly used.

probability threshold rule based on a Bayes’ criterion. This ... probability threshold rule. The proposed threshold rule used accumulated data for ...
ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/9530/30274/01390480.pdf

Lori Dendy-Molz
Germany
Local time: 08:26
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
That's the ticket-thanks very much indeed.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mihaela Boteva
1 hr
agree  Ken Cox: A probabilistic threshold would be a threshold determined using probability methods; a probability threshold is a defined (specified) probability
1 hr
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