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ECART MOYEN VALEUR MEDIANE [3 records]

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Record 1 2017-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
OBS

average deviation about the median: term extracted from the “Glossaire de l’économie” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
OBS

écart moyen par rapport à la valeur médiane; écart moyen à la valeur médiane : termes extraits du «Glossaire de l'économie» et reproduits avec l'autorisation de l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Surveys
OBS

There are at least two reasons for measuring dispersion. The first ... is to form a judgement about the reliability of the average value. For example, if there is a large amount of scatter among the items in a series then the average size used to summarize the values may not be at all representative of the data being studied. ... a second ... is to learn the extent of the scatter so that steps may be taken to control the existing variation.

OBS

scatter: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)
DEF

[...] fluctuation des observations autour de la tendance centrale [...]

OBS

Les caractéristiques de dispersion les plus fréquemment utilisées sont : l'étendue, l'intervalle interquartile, l'écart absolu moyen et l'écart-type, cette dernière étant de beaucoup la plus courante. [...] L'étendue et l'intervalle interquartile sont, dans leur principe, du type de la médiane : les observations y interviennent par leur rang, et non par leur valeur. L'écart absolu moyen et l'écart-type font, au contraire, intervenir les écarts de chacune des observations à la moyenne arithmétique : ce sont des moyennes de ces écarts.

OBS

dispersion : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Encuestas estadísticas
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Record 3 1984-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
OBS

The arithmetic mean of the deviations from an origin when all deviations are given a positive sign. NOTE - Generally, the chosen origin is the arithmetic mean although the mean deviation is minimal when the median is taken as an origin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
OBS

Moyenne arithmétique des écarts par rapport à une origine; les écarts sont pris en valeur absolue. NOTE-Généralement, l'origine choisie est la moyenne arithmétique bien que l'écart moyen soit minimal quand on prend la médiane pour origine.

Spanish

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