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WEIGHTING FACTOR [2 records]

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Record 1 2013-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Methods
  • Economic Planning
CONT

The consumption patterns of a sample of households is studied to determine the proportions in which they allocate their expenditures among different kinds of goods. These data lead to average weights which are then applied to price changes for individual goods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes statistiques
  • Planification économique
DEF

Coefficient numérique exprimant l'importance relative d'un objet dans une distribution statistique.

OBS

poids : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

OBS

facteur de pondération : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Métodos estadísticos
  • Planificación económica
DEF

Consideración equilibrada y compensación que se da a unos argumentos o valores, proporcionalmente a su peso o importancia.

OBS

ponderación: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 2 - external organization data 2001-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiological Physics (Theory and Application)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Radiation Protection
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
DEF

A factor by which the dose equivalent received by any organ or tissue of the body is multiplied in order to account for the risk of fatal cancer or inheritable injury resulting from irradiation of that organ or tissue compared to the total risk of such stochastic effects resulting from the receipt of an equal dose equivalent by the whole body ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique radiologique et applications
  • Physique atomique
  • Radioprotection
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
DEF

Facteur par lequel est multiplié l'équivalent de dose reçu par un organe ou un tissu donné pour tenir compte des différents risques de cancer fatal ou de lésion héréditaire provoqués par l'irradiation de l'organe ou du tissu, par rapport au risque total de tels effets stochastiques dus à l'irradiation du corps entier à un équivalent de dose égal [...]

CONT

Pour calculer la dose effective, la CCEA adoptera les nouveaux facteurs de pondération des rayonnements et les nouveaux facteurs de pondération des tissus indiqués dans le document ICRP 60.

Spanish

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