Powerschaetzung

English translation: Power analysis

04:59 Jul 26, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology
German term or phrase: Powerschaetzung
A strange "Deuglish" phrase I came across in a scientific study.
First, the study describes how girls in an adolescent sample group exhibit personality disorders more frequently than boys. The study then attempts to determine the reasons for this phenomenon, then says (as many scientific studies seem to) that other studies will be necessary on a larger scale. Then:

Insgesamt ergaben Powerschätzungen für die meisten der angestellten Vergleiche lediglich ein β von 40%.
Tegan Raleigh
United States
English translation:Power analysis
Explanation:
This term is from the statistic .. please check the link below .. I think this is th right term
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Kai Döring
Philippines
Local time: 23:24
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thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2Power analysis
Kai Döring
3extrapolations
Edith Kelly
2Sample size estimate
Allesklar


  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
extrapolations


Explanation:
Schätzung ist simply an estimate, power here I suppose should convey the meaning that the estimates are on a relatively sound footing -- the strange combination of the two parts of the word seem to go in the direction of extrapolation

Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 17:24
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Power analysis


Explanation:
This term is from the statistic .. please check the link below .. I think this is th right term


    Reference: http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stpowan.html
Kai Döring
Philippines
Local time: 23:24
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ken Cox: based on the ref (good reference!), this looks right. There may be a better term for this in German, but that's not the issue here.
4 hrs

agree  Anne Schulz: "power estimate" may be another possibility
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
Sample size estimate


Explanation:
Found this:

Powerschätzungen, d.h. das Errechnen der nötigen Größe der Untersuchungsgruppen, um einen relevanten Effekt nicht zu übersehen,

Allesklar
Australia
Local time: 00:54
Native speaker of: German
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