medias y proporciones poblacionales

English translation: population means and proportions

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Spanish term or phrase:medias y proporciones poblacionales
English translation:population means and proportions
Entered by: María Eugenia Wachtendorff

04:42 Sep 6, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Mathematics & Statistics / BIOSTATISTICS
Spanish term or phrase: medias y proporciones poblacionales
JUST IN CASE, PLEASE NOTE THAT MY TRANSLATION IS FOR NEW ZEALAND.

Among the objectives of a Biostatistics course:

- Comprender y aplicar conceptos básicos de muestreo.
- Realizar y entender estimaciones sobre las medias y proporciones poblacionales.

POPULATION AVERAGES AND PROPORTIONS?

Thanks!
María Eugenia Wachtendorff
Chile
Local time: 11:04
population averages and proportions
Explanation:
Sí, tu traducción es correcta - ambos son términos muy comunes en estadística:

Referencia respecto a proporciones (lo de medias lo puedes deducir de ello):

Proportions
An approximate 95-% confidence interval for the difference between two population proportions (p1-p2) based on two independent samples of size n1 and n2 ...
www.tufts.edu/~gdallal/p.htm - 11k - Cached - Similar pages
Confidence Interval for a Proportion (1 of 3)
where π is the proportion in the population and N is the sample size. Since π is not known, p is used to estimate it. Therefore the estimated value of σp is ...
davidmlane.com/hyperstat/B9168.html - 4k - Cached - Similar pages
Proportion Survey
This project is on the analysis of a population proportion. You will obtain data by performing a random survey on a targeted population and two disjoint ...
www.wku.edu/~david.neal/statistics/projects/project2.html - 10k - Cached - Similar pages
Difference Between Two Population Proportions
The null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis change slightly with two population proportions. The changes to the null and alternative hypothesis are ...
www.castleton.edu/math/statistics/difference_between_two_po... - 7k - Cached - Similar pages
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Marcelo Silveyra
United States
Local time: 08:04
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population averages and proportions


Explanation:
Sí, tu traducción es correcta - ambos son términos muy comunes en estadística:

Referencia respecto a proporciones (lo de medias lo puedes deducir de ello):

Proportions
An approximate 95-% confidence interval for the difference between two population proportions (p1-p2) based on two independent samples of size n1 and n2 ...
www.tufts.edu/~gdallal/p.htm - 11k - Cached - Similar pages
Confidence Interval for a Proportion (1 of 3)
where π is the proportion in the population and N is the sample size. Since π is not known, p is used to estimate it. Therefore the estimated value of σp is ...
davidmlane.com/hyperstat/B9168.html - 4k - Cached - Similar pages
Proportion Survey
This project is on the analysis of a population proportion. You will obtain data by performing a random survey on a targeted population and two disjoint ...
www.wku.edu/~david.neal/statistics/projects/project2.html - 10k - Cached - Similar pages
Difference Between Two Population Proportions
The null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis change slightly with two population proportions. The changes to the null and alternative hypothesis are ...
www.castleton.edu/math/statistics/difference_between_two_po... - 7k - Cached - Similar pages

Marcelo Silveyra
United States
Local time: 08:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 2
Notes to answerer
Asker: Gracias, Marcelo, pero investigué y encontré que se usa mucho más "means" que "averages" en este contexto.

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