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indice de la période


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11:12 Feb 21, 2010
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French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Mathematics & Statistics / storage
French term or phrase: indice de la période
La méthode des moindres carrés est celle qui permet déterminer, grâce à des formules mathématiques, l’équation linéaire de la droite de tendance ou droite des moindres carrés :
Avec :
N = nombre total de périodes de la série
n = indice de la période
Dn = consommation de la période n
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time subscript


Explanation:
As this seems to be about estimating a linear trend/equation using ordinary least squares, I'd go for n being the time subscript. So, for example, if we take n=1 for the first observation (e.g. Year 1 or Quarter 1) it increases by one for every subsequent period.

It is usually shown as a subscript attached to the variable in the equation (e.g. D with a subscript 4 would be the value of the variable represented by D in the 4th period).

t is also often used as a time subscript.

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