"...queriendo llevar el resultado a donde convenga..."

English translation: "...seeking to bias the result towards a favored outcome..."

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Spanish term or phrase:"...queriendo llevar el resultado a donde convenga..."
English translation:"...seeking to bias the result towards a favored outcome..."
Entered by: Eugenio Llorente

15:53 Aug 30, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations / Market Research
Spanish term or phrase: "...queriendo llevar el resultado a donde convenga..."
En este contexto:

"Si a esto añadimos la importancia de no influir en la predicción con opiniones subjetivas, queriendo llevar el resultado a donde convenga..."
Eugenio Llorente
Spain
Local time: 07:57
"...seeking to bias the result towards a convenient outcome..."
Explanation:
Other options:

"...seeking to bias the result towards a favored outcome..."

"...seeking to bias the result towards favoring a particular outcome..."

"...seeking to bias the result towards a desired outcome..."

There may be a subjective element in assessing the outcome of an experiment and/or ... unintentionally, to bias the results towards that favored outcome, ...
http://www.isogenic.info/html/8__blinding.html

My 2 cents...
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Daniel Coria
Argentina
Local time: 03:57
Grading comment
Excelente. Muchas gracias.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2wishing to reach conclusions that are convenient...
Haggen Kennedy
4"...seeking to bias the result towards a convenient outcome..."
Daniel Coria
4strategically steering the result/s for self gain
trans4u


  

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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
wishing to reach conclusions that are convenient...


Explanation:
I would prefer to see what would come next, because it seems important for structuring a sentence. I'd say it like this, anyway. Or:

wishing to reach convenient conclusions
wishing to reach conclusions that sound convenient

Something along those lines.

Haggen Kennedy
Brazil
Local time: 03:57
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"...seeking to bias the result towards a convenient outcome..."


Explanation:
Other options:

"...seeking to bias the result towards a favored outcome..."

"...seeking to bias the result towards favoring a particular outcome..."

"...seeking to bias the result towards a desired outcome..."

There may be a subjective element in assessing the outcome of an experiment and/or ... unintentionally, to bias the results towards that favored outcome, ...
http://www.isogenic.info/html/8__blinding.html

My 2 cents...


Daniel Coria
Argentina
Local time: 03:57
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
Excelente. Muchas gracias.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
strategically steering the result/s for self gain


Explanation:
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trans4u
Local time: 00:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
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