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probabilità rilevata

English translation: surveyed probability

13:31 Jul 20, 2008
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Italian term or phrase: probabilità rilevata
Probabilità rilevata e dichiarata di partecipare alla messa nei giorni di sabato e domenica
Verona
English translation:surveyed probability
Explanation:
This could well be "measured probability", but I doubt it in this case simply because it seems improbable that anybody would actually measure this. You would actually have to observe and count the number of times a person attended mass, make a roll call for each mass. The other interpretation is that the conducted a socialogical survey (one of the main tools of investigation used by sociologists) and interviewed people asking them how many times they attended mass. They would then be asked to actually declare this. "So you attend mass 3 times a month, is that correct?" "Yes it is.". In this interpretation the rilievo and the declarazione are closely connected. However, only more context or the author can disambiguate this. I have a degree in experimental psychology and have translated for sociologists for over twenty years.
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James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Local time: 22:36
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1measured probability
Mirra_
3 +2surveyed probability
James (Jim) Davis
4pointed out and professed probability
Ellen Kraus
3observed probability
Umberto Cassano
3declared likelihood
Patrick Freeman


Discussion entries: 1





  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
measured probability


Explanation:
http://www.google.it/search?hl=en&q="measured probability"&m...

poi penso se c'è qualcosa di ancora meglio ma questo mi sembra il più preciso... :)

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Note added at 19 mins (2008-07-20 13:50:31 GMT)
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no, io non penso che sia necessario più contesto: sono termini matematici!!! :))

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Note added at 20 mins (2008-07-20 13:52:04 GMT)
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vedi anche
http://www.google.it/search?hl=en&q="measured and estimated ...

http://www.google.it/search?hl=en&q="measured and calculated...

:)

Mirra_
Italy
Local time: 20:36
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tom in London
42 mins
  -> thank you very much, Tom :)
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
observed probability


Explanation:
Mi viene in mente questa possibilità

http://www.google.it/search?source=ig&hl=it&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ITIT...

HTH

Umberto Cassano
Italy
Local time: 20:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 4
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pointed out and professed probability


Explanation:
just another option

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Note added at 1 Stunde (2008-07-20 14:54:16 GMT)
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probability of participation

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 20:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 22
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
surveyed probability


Explanation:
This could well be "measured probability", but I doubt it in this case simply because it seems improbable that anybody would actually measure this. You would actually have to observe and count the number of times a person attended mass, make a roll call for each mass. The other interpretation is that the conducted a socialogical survey (one of the main tools of investigation used by sociologists) and interviewed people asking them how many times they attended mass. They would then be asked to actually declare this. "So you attend mass 3 times a month, is that correct?" "Yes it is.". In this interpretation the rilievo and the declarazione are closely connected. However, only more context or the author can disambiguate this. I have a degree in experimental psychology and have translated for sociologists for over twenty years.

James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Local time: 22:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 129

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rossella Mainardis
6 mins
agree  Umberto Cassano
19 mins
neutral  Mirra_: 'Measured p.' it's not improbable but very commonly used, as the links state. Instead, 'surveyed p.' refers specifically to the result of a survey, while the original text does not.
1 hr
neutral  Patrick Freeman: All a bit too similar to Xafod's spaceship in 'The Hitchhikers Guide' for my liking
6 hrs
  -> Love the book (like most psychologists).
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
declared likelihood


Language variant: declared probability

Explanation:
i prefer likelihood for the same reasons that i don't agree that you can measure p. Equally it seems difficult to 'declare' what is in essence a mathematical tool. Hope this helps and doesn't simply confuse matters.
I would not translate rilevata unless it is clear from other parts of the text that it is a different measurement than the declaration itself

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Note added at 8 hrs (2008-07-20 22:10:26 GMT)
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Declared and actual likelihood if there was a separate measure

Example sentence(s):
  • Declared likelihood of attending mass...
Patrick Freeman
Spain
Local time: 20:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  James (Jim) Davis: If you do a statistical analysis on the data, which you often do in these cases then the technical term uses in social sciences is "probability".
7 hrs
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