Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
base (in this context)
English translation:
base
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Jul 13, 2008 14:24
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Portuguese term
base (in this context)
Portuguese to English
Social Sciences
Mathematics & Statistics
opinion surveys
In an opinion survey I'm doing, the pages displaying the results mainly have a footnote saying "Base: Total de inquiridos (n=764)".
I can't have paid attention to surveys in English newspapers in the past because I can't decide whether "base" is "sample" or something else, like "basis". I can tell you that the sample size is 800 people.
Please ONLY ANSWER if you are prepared to support your answer with web references that I can check. Wild guesses and one-word answers without evidence are no use to me, so if you are that type of answerer please keep quiet.
I can't have paid attention to surveys in English newspapers in the past because I can't decide whether "base" is "sample" or something else, like "basis". I can tell you that the sample size is 800 people.
Please ONLY ANSWER if you are prepared to support your answer with web references that I can check. Wild guesses and one-word answers without evidence are no use to me, so if you are that type of answerer please keep quiet.
Proposed translations
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Leniel Maccaferri
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Jul 14, 2008 19:41: lexical Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Leniel Maccaferri
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Works in field
Brazil
Computer Engineer expert @ Soft/Hardware
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
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Base
A value used as a reference point for comparison with some other value.
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Base: Total inquired (n=764)
A value used as a reference point for comparison with some other value.
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Note added at 10 mins (2008-07-13 14:35:08 GMT)
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Base: Total inquired (n=764)
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Henrique Magalhaes
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Nitin Goyal
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Marlene Curtis
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sula (X)
: http://www.energystar.gov/ia/products/downloads/Shaw_Pres.pd...
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isarcat
: BTW it's respondents, not inquired. Example. www.cleanenergyaction.net/101807_CLEAN_survey_report.pdf
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isarcat, great addition to the thread! 8-)
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