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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

distance lines

English answer:

vertical lines at distances away from the mean value equal to multiples of standard deviation

Added to glossary by Mikhail Kropotov
May 2, 2005 08:03
19 yrs ago
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English term

distance lines

English Tech/Engineering Mathematics & Statistics
The control values are displayed together with the mean value and the distance lines of the standard deviations (1s, 2s, 3s).

What's "distance lines"?
Responses
4 +3 marks denoting standard deviation multiples (1s, 2s, 3s) away from the mean value

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com May 2, 2005:
Thank you. Initially, I literally translated it to my mother tongue, but it seems quite odd to me.
Mikhail Kropotov May 2, 2005:
I think it would help if we got a second opinion.
Mikhail Kropotov May 2, 2005:
Well, I cannot be completely sure because I suspect this was not written by a native English speaker. But yes, I think "lines" are meant to be "marks" and "distance" refers to the distance between each mark and the mean value.
Non-ProZ.com May 2, 2005:
and how would you translate "distance" to your language?
Non-ProZ.com May 2, 2005:
to Mikhail Kropotov Thank you. Do you mean "lines" is a kind of "marks" here? Then, how would you translate "lines" to your language?

Responses

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marks denoting standard deviation multiples (1s, 2s, 3s) away from the mean value

Does that help?

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Note added at 6 mins (2005-05-02 08:10:20 GMT)
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You have the mean value in the center (say, mu), and to the left of it you have marks that show you the values mu-3s, mu-2s and mu-s. To the right you have marks denoting mu+s, mu+2s and mu+3s.
Peer comment(s):
agree Ken Cox : If this is a graphic display or plot (seems likely), they could be lines parallel to the vertical axis and located at suitable distances from the mean value (which is probably plotted on the vertical axis). 'Distance line' is a common mech. drafting term.
41 mins
Oh, okay, so they are vertical lines :) Makes sense now. Thank you!
agree David Sirett : Usually "error bars". Distance lines are something else, I think.
55 mins
Well, okay. But something else as in different from what?
agree Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
1 hr
Thank you
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