Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
coefficient de pondération
English translation:
weighting factor / coefficient
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coefficient de pondération (In German it is Wichtungfaktor). A transcript from the TU Berlin/TUB ( Technical University of Berlin). It has to do with the grades.
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Jun 14, 2013 14:50: Tony M Created KOG entry
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French term (edited):
coefficient de pondération
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weighting factor
Starightforward dictionary definition.
Note that in many instances, you can leave of the 'factor'.
Please see previous glossary entries about 'pondéré' etc.
Note that in many instances, you can leave of the 'factor'.
Please see previous glossary entries about 'pondéré' etc.
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weighting coefficient
Generally, in applied statistical contexts, you think in terms of independent and dependent variables and models that fit "coefficients" to thoses variables.
In contexts where the focus is on physical measurements, you may be more likely to think in terms of orders of magnitude and "factors" (multipliers) that relate quantities and effects.
Either way, you are describing a multiplicative constant -- and it's the same in French. Personally, when translating F>E, I follow the writer's choice and use the cognate term.
In contexts where the focus is on physical measurements, you may be more likely to think in terms of orders of magnitude and "factors" (multipliers) that relate quantities and effects.
Either way, you are describing a multiplicative constant -- and it's the same in French. Personally, when translating F>E, I follow the writer's choice and use the cognate term.
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Tony M
: I think it is exactly here that one uses 'factor' as a multiplier. I always use the example of 'temperature factor' vs 'temperature coefficient'. In my current FR > EN work, I often see the terms used 'in reverse' comapred to EN.
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Au contraire, Tony. Especially with test scores and grades, where "factor analysis" a.k.a. principal components analysis is so common. "Factor" is reserved for concepts such as "g" (representing general intelligence).
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