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moyenne élaguée

English translation: trimmed or truncated mean


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French term or phrase:moyenne élaguée
English translation:trimmed or truncated mean
Entered by: Beatriz Candil Garcia
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20:26 Jan 5, 2012
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
French term or phrase: moyenne élaguée
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correspond à la moyenne élaguée des deux valeurs extrêmes des valeurs annuelles (En) obtenues sur les cinq périodes de 12 mois consécutifs précédant la date de Notification de Résiliation ; (En) étant, pour chacune des cinq périodes de 12 mois consécutifs (appelées années n ci-dessous), calculée en additionnant
Beatriz Candil Garcia
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trimmed or truncated mean
Explanation:
not sure, but think this relates to where the two extremes at either end of statistical list (for the year) are removed so that a more accurate "average" is obtained


www.richland.edu/james/ictcm/2001/descriptive/helpcenter.ht...


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However, the mean is affected by extreme values so it may not be the best measure ... 10% of the values and the highest 10% of the values have been removed. The trimmed mean has the benefit over the regular mean that the extreme values ...

unconditional.co.nz/.../nz-property-report-a-changed-measure-for-as...


30 Apr 2009 – The rationale is that the more the extremes are removed the more the truncated mean approximates to the true average asking price for the ...
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gallagy2
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trimmed or truncated mean


Explanation:
not sure, but think this relates to where the two extremes at either end of statistical list (for the year) are removed so that a more accurate "average" is obtained


www.richland.edu/james/ictcm/2001/descriptive/helpcenter.ht...


Block all www.richland.edu results

However, the mean is affected by extreme values so it may not be the best measure ... 10% of the values and the highest 10% of the values have been removed. The trimmed mean has the benefit over the regular mean that the extreme values ...

unconditional.co.nz/.../nz-property-report-a-changed-measure-for-as...


30 Apr 2009 – The rationale is that the more the extremes are removed the more the truncated mean approximates to the true average asking price for the ...


gallagy2
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agree  Martin Cassell: The Belgian national bank seems to favour "trimmed mean": see http://www.linguee.fr/francais-anglais/search?source=auto&qu...
2 hrs
  -> many thanks Martin for link. Happy New Year!

agree  DLyons: It seems to be the average of the 3 remaining annual values
2 days1 hr
  -> Many thanks D!
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