Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
défaut de répétabilité
English translation:
lack of repeatability
Added to glossary by
Tony M
Jan 19, 2007 15:43
17 yrs ago
French term
France
Défaut de répétabilité
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Engineering (general)
water analysis
Défaut de répétabilité :
Aucun écart-type relatif n'a été jugé aberrant par le test de Cochran.
From an anlysis of the performance of water authority's laboratory.
Aucun écart-type relatif n'a été jugé aberrant par le test de Cochran.
From an anlysis of the performance of water authority's laboratory.
Proposed translations
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| 4 | lack of repeatability |
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| 4 | lack of repeatability |
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| 3 | lack of repeatability |
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Proposed translations
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lack of repeatability
This is what NS OED has to sya:
repeata'bility n.
ability to be repeated; spec. the extent to which consistent results are obtained on repeated measurement (cf. REPRODUCIBILITY):
reproduci'bility n.
the capacity to be produced again; the quality of being reproducible; spec. the extent to which consistent results are obtained when produced repeatedly (cf. REPEATABILITY)
Although this does not make it clear, I think the difference is really to do with repeatability = if you keep on doing the test with the same set of input parameters, does it always give the same result, whereas reproducibility is to do with someone else performing the same test at a different time and place, and whether it will produce the same results.
As I said above, the distinction is a fine one, and I am a bit hazy about it; indeed, the terms are often used imprecisely or interchangeably — but I do know that a specific distinction is often made between them.
repeata'bility n.
ability to be repeated; spec. the extent to which consistent results are obtained on repeated measurement (cf. REPRODUCIBILITY):
reproduci'bility n.
the capacity to be produced again; the quality of being reproducible; spec. the extent to which consistent results are obtained when produced repeatedly (cf. REPEATABILITY)
Although this does not make it clear, I think the difference is really to do with repeatability = if you keep on doing the test with the same set of input parameters, does it always give the same result, whereas reproducibility is to do with someone else performing the same test at a different time and place, and whether it will produce the same results.
As I said above, the distinction is a fine one, and I am a bit hazy about it; indeed, the terms are often used imprecisely or interchangeably — but I do know that a specific distinction is often made between them.
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Comment: "lack of repeatability"
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lack of repeatability
Journal of Statistics Education V9N1: Spurrier- [ Traduire cette page ]This article discusses a capstone course for undergraduate statistics ... They then discussed strategies for reducing the lack of repeatability variability. ...
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The Paranormal: the Evidence and its Implications for ...- [ Traduire cette page ]... results in psychical research on grounds of lack of repeatability. ... Jessica Utts is professor of statistics, University of California, Davis, ...
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The Paranormal: the Evidence and its Implications for Consciousness- [ Traduire cette page ]... attempted to discredit positive results in psychical research on grounds of lack of repeatability. But, as anyone with a training in statistics knows, ...
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www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v9n1/spurrier.html - 37k - En cache - Pages similaires
The Paranormal: the Evidence and its Implications for ...- [ Traduire cette page ]... results in psychical research on grounds of lack of repeatability. ... Jessica Utts is professor of statistics, University of California, Davis, ...
www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~bdj10/psi/tucson.html - 11k - En cache - Pages similaires
The Paranormal: the Evidence and its Implications for Consciousness- [ Traduire cette page ]... attempted to discredit positive results in psychical research on grounds of lack of repeatability. But, as anyone with a training in statistics knows, ...
www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~bdj10/psi/tucson.psi - 9k
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French term (edited):
défaut de répétabilité
lack of repeatability
Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary:
repeatability (re·peat·a·bil·i·ty) (re-pēt”ə-bil´ĭ-te) see precision (def. 2).
precision 2. in statistics, the extent to which a measurement procedure gives the same results when repeated under identical conditions. Under certain conditions, may be called reliability, repeatability, or reproducibility.
All that remains is to find what "certain conditions" are...:-) Have a look with www.onelook.com, which consults a lot of dictionaries. In the Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary the two terms are given virtually identical definitions.
I'd use repeatability, I think, on balance.
repeatability (re·peat·a·bil·i·ty) (re-pēt”ə-bil´ĭ-te) see precision (def. 2).
precision 2. in statistics, the extent to which a measurement procedure gives the same results when repeated under identical conditions. Under certain conditions, may be called reliability, repeatability, or reproducibility.
All that remains is to find what "certain conditions" are...:-) Have a look with www.onelook.com, which consults a lot of dictionaries. In the Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary the two terms are given virtually identical definitions.
I'd use repeatability, I think, on balance.
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