Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
punktmedelfel
English translation:
average point error
Added to glossary by
Sven Petersson
Apr 19, 2005 07:28
19 yrs ago
Swedish term
Adrian MM. (X)
punktmedelfel
Swedish to English
Tech/Engineering
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
plotting by navigational aids
Gullberg gives standard error for medelfel. How does the dot fit in - point standard error or standard point error etc?
Proposed translations
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| 5 | average point error |
Sven Petersson
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| 5 -1 | point standard error |
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average point error
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Comment: "Probably also: compass deviation."
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point standard error
i.e. "standard error" is the statistical term, it would be nicer if the "standard deviation" was used instead
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Sven Petersson
: Nothing indicates that anything more sofisticated than a simple average has been used. Yes, I agree that it would have been more meaningful to have calculated and presented the standard deviation, but ....
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you should consult your statistics textbook again!
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