Balansmått

English translation: Trust margin/index/barometer

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Swedish term or phrase:Balansmått
English translation:Trust margin/index/barometer
Entered by: stephen mewes

15:16 Apr 18, 2006
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Mathematics & Statistics
Swedish term or phrase: Balansmått
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Balansmått

At the bottom of a table of answers to a questionnaire.
stephen mewes
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:21
Trust margin/index/barometer
Explanation:
As I have understood, a "balansmått" is a sort of trust index, a number indicating the level of trust people surveyed have in an institution, political party etc.

The index number is arrived at by subtracting the negative answers from the positive.
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Lucia M
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Local time: 01:21
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5balancing measure
ojinaga
4margin
Lars Jelking
3Trust margin/index/barometer
Lucia M


  

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balancing measure


Explanation:
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ojinaga
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margin


Explanation:
The difference between two answers in a poll (i.e. yes-votes minus no-votes)

Lars Jelking
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Trust margin/index/barometer


Explanation:
As I have understood, a "balansmått" is a sort of trust index, a number indicating the level of trust people surveyed have in an institution, political party etc.

The index number is arrived at by subtracting the negative answers from the positive.


    Reference: http://sydsvenskan.se/sverige/article98879.ece
Lucia M
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