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Langschnitt

English translation: longitudinal section

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German term or phrase:Längsschnitt
English translation:longitudinal section
Entered by: Kim Metzger

15:09 Mar 31, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general)
German term or phrase: Langschnitt
Die Stichprobengrößen variiern sowohl im Quer- wie im Langschnitt.

This relates to spot checks/samples in a study to evaluate the correlation between market values and patents
Caitriona O'Callanain
Local time: 13:50
longitudinal section
Explanation:
The sizes of the random samples vary both in cross-section and longitudinal section.

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Note added at 38 mins (2004-03-31 15:47:54 GMT)
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This is based on Längsschnitt.
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 06:50
Grading comment
Thank you again Kim,
Regards, Caitriona
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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3 +3longitudinal section
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
longitudinal section


Explanation:
The sizes of the random samples vary both in cross-section and longitudinal section.

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Note added at 38 mins (2004-03-31 15:47:54 GMT)
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This is based on Längsschnitt.


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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 06:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 442
Grading comment
Thank you again Kim,
Regards, Caitriona

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gillian Scheibelein
44 mins
agree  Manfred Mondt: komisch, das war früher einmal Längsschnitt..
2 hrs
agree  Edward L. Crosby III: Yep; I'm sure the German is a typo. I write "cross section" without a hyphen (unless it's used as an adjective, and then it's "cross-sectional", but maybe that's a preference thing.
14 hrs
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