Vertrauensgrenze

English translation: confidence limit

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German term or phrase:Vertrauensgrenze
English translation:confidence limit
Entered by: Robert Kleemaier

23:30 Feb 2, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Psychology / occupational therapy, handicapped children
German term or phrase: Vertrauensgrenze
"T-Wert
*Vertrauensgrenze* T-Wert
Vertrauensbereich
Prozentrang"

This term appears in a table in an occupational therapy report on a handicapped child. How should this be rendered properly? TIA
Robert Kleemaier
Canada
Local time: 00:41
confidence limit
Explanation:
90%-Vertrauensgrenze bei bekannter oder unbekannter Varianz der Grundgesamtheit nach
Gl.(7) Table 3: Values for calculation of upper 90% confidence limit by Gl ...
www.bauv.unibw-muenchen.de/.../Internet Version/ Tab%2003%20Schick1994%20Bautechnik%20H9.pdf

confirmed by Haas, Dico of Psychology and Psychiatry
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Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Local time: 00:41
Grading comment
Thanks, Johanna! :-)
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Summary of answers provided
4 +12confidence limit
Johanna Timm, PhD
4cut-off
Dawn Montague
4confidence threshold
Robin Salmon (X)
3confidence bound
Fantutti (X)


  

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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
cut-off


Explanation:
"cut-off" (as in "cut-off t-value") seems to be used more than "confidence limit"


    Reference: http://animsci.agrenv.mcgill.ca/servers/anbreed/statisticsII...
Dawn Montague
United States
Local time: 03:41
Native speaker of: English
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
confidence bound


Explanation:
JCO -- Abstracts: Smith et al. 17 (2): 569
... The Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI ... higher
cumulative dose groups were 3.3%, (95% upper **confidence bound** of 5.9 ...
www.jco.org/cgi/content/abstract/17/2/569 - Similar pages

Good luck!!

Fantutti (X)
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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +12
confidence limit


Explanation:
90%-Vertrauensgrenze bei bekannter oder unbekannter Varianz der Grundgesamtheit nach
Gl.(7) Table 3: Values for calculation of upper 90% confidence limit by Gl ...
www.bauv.unibw-muenchen.de/.../Internet Version/ Tab%2003%20Schick1994%20Bautechnik%20H9.pdf

confirmed by Haas, Dico of Psychology and Psychiatry

Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Local time: 00:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 122
Grading comment
Thanks, Johanna! :-)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  roneill: This is it
5 mins

agree  Ellen Zittinger
10 mins

agree  Ulrike Lieder (X)
1 hr

agree  T_Herrmann (X): Urban-Fischer und Roche sind sich einig...
3 hrs

agree  vishoy
3 hrs

agree  vafo
4 hrs

agree  Steffen Walter
8 hrs

agree  Jonathan MacKerron: is this the same as "confidence interval"?
8 hrs

agree  Jeannie Graham
8 hrs

agree  gangels (X)
10 hrs

agree  Lars Helbig
14 hrs

agree  Jacqueline van der Spek
1 day 19 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
confidence threshold


Explanation:
If a statistical term is required, I think this could well be it.

Previous performance levels have been reported without regard to network
confidence, equivalent to a confidence threshold of zero. ...
newlyn.cis.plym.ac.uk/DiCANN/Technical%20report%20pdf/ ct92-15-013.pdf


    Reference: http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/31/6/1335
Robin Salmon (X)
Australia
Local time: 17:41
Native speaker of: English
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