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English translation: biased selection

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Spanish term or phrase:	selección opinática
English translation:	biased selection
Entered by:	Leonardo Lamarche

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20:59 Feb 4, 2010

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Spanish term or phrase: selección opinática

SPAIN: Is it just me or does this sound odd?
"Los datos específicos para este estudio concreto se obtienen mediante inventario adicional cuyo diseño no responde al tipo sistemático, sino que es heterogéneo y seleccionando masas por su aparente irregularidad, es decir, de **selección orientada u opinática***, considerando que existe una tendencia mayor a adoptar como figura de distribución la exponencial conforme las masas irregulares están menos intervenidas ."

neilmac KudoZ activity Questions: 1070 (2 open) (8 without valid answers) (63 closed without grading) Answers: 2824 Spain
Local time: 18:11

biased selection

Explanation:
Muestreo opinático o intencional:

Este tipo de muestreo se caracteriza por un esfuerzo deliberado de obtener muestras "representativas" mediante la inclusión en la muestra de grupos supuestamente típicos. Es muy frecuente su utilización en sondeos preelectorales de zonas que en anteriores votaciones han marcado tendencias de voto.
Mi sugerencia:"an induced or biased selection"

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Leonardo Lamarche
Venezuela
Local time: 11:41

Grading comment

I used "judgement selection" but all the suggestions are good. Thanks everybody :)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

deliberate selection

James A. Walsh

biased selection

Leonardo Lamarche

opinion based selection

Maria del Carmen Zanassi

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

14 mins confidence:

deliberate selection

Explanation:
My reading of it. Doesn't seem particularly odd to me... I'm adapting the dictionary definition of 'opinática' as 'wilful'.

Example sentence(s):

...i.e., targeted or deliberate selection...

James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 18:11
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

24 mins confidence:

opinion based selection

Explanation:
Con diferentes grados de intensidad, la orientación informativa y "opinática" de
esos medios, de algunos periodistas y articulistas se ha dirigido a exacerbar

¿Cuánto cuesta un empleado no comprometido? - Turismo 2.0
4 entradas - 3 autores - Última entrada: 20 Jun 2009
Es un articulo para la" opinatica", a favor o en contra, yo todo lo contrario. un
saludo cordial. RSS. Bienvenido a. Turismo 2.0 ...
http://www.turismo20.com/profiles/blogs/932414:BlogPost:9621...

Maria del Carmen Zanassi
Local time: 13:11
Native speaker of:

Spanish

1 hr confidence:

biased selection

Leonardo Lamarche
Venezuela
Local time: 11:41
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

I used "judgement selection" but all the suggestions are good. Thanks everybody :)

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Feb 11, 2010 - Changes made by Leonardo Lamarche:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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