Sep 6, 2021 06:00
2 yrs ago
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English term
31 years experience with thanks.
Native in: Japanese (Variant: Standard-Japan) 
Works in: Japanese to English, English to Japanese
more distribution
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It was reconfirmed that the measured value of body support duration used for muscular endurance evaluation in preschool children was not normally distributed, and it was clarified that **more distribution** of the measured value was closer to the center compared with normal distribution, and that it had the distribution characteristic of a shape in which the right tail of distribution of the measured value length was longer.
Is "more distribution" correct wording? Thank you for your help. Or is just "the distribution" ok?
Thank you.
Is "more distribution" correct wording? Thank you for your help. Or is just "the distribution" ok?
Thank you.
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Kiet Bach
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It is correct
I think this is about the normal distribution curve in statistics.
https://towardsdatascience.com/understanding-the-68-95-99-7-...
"more distribution of the measured value was closer to the center compared with normal distribution" means the curve is "taller" than the normal distribution curve, or the values that are closed to the center happen more frequently than that of a normal distribution curve.
"the right tail of distribution of the measured value length was longer" means that the curve is skewed (not symmetrical).
https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_introductory-statistics/...
https://towardsdatascience.com/understanding-the-68-95-99-7-...
"more distribution of the measured value was closer to the center compared with normal distribution" means the curve is "taller" than the normal distribution curve, or the values that are closed to the center happen more frequently than that of a normal distribution curve.
"the right tail of distribution of the measured value length was longer" means that the curve is skewed (not symmetrical).
https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_introductory-statistics/...
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: Yes, but it is simply not correct to express it in this way in EN. / It is incorrect EN, and as such, there is a danger in someone needing to "interpret" it, with the possibility of getting it wrong. In our profession, "understandable" is not enough!
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Maybe it is not the best way to express it, but it is understandable. I think Mitsuko's question is: "Is 'more distribution' correct or 'the distribution' correct?", not "Is 'more distribution' the perfectly correct English?".
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philgoddard
: I can't see the words 'more distribution' in either of your references.
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No, it doesn't appear in the references.
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Daryo
: exactly, no need for any rewording.
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Thank you!
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Tina Vonhof (X)
: Definitely a need for rewording/simplifying. Scientific language should be, and can be, written to be understandable even for people who are not experts in the subject.
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In mathematics terms, it would be, "the distribution is more dense closer to the center compared to a normal distribution".
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Yvonne Gallagher
: agree with Tony's comments. It's incorrect En
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you very much!"
Discussion
To start with, it's NOT about "distribution" but about the "distribution curve", the "curve" bit being omitted by the writer for being totally unnecessary and blindingly obvious to anyone who's past Statistics 101.
It simply means that the "distribution curve" of this statistical set when compered to the curve as it would be if this set presented a "normal distribution" is squashed towards the "center/middle" of the distribution curve [or as Kiet Bach put it "taller"]. So more "values" (i.e. elements of the set) are close to the middle, compared to the curve of a "normal distribution".
Could certainly be reworded - in a longer version - but even as it it is it's PERFECTLY UNDERSTANDABLE for anyone with basic knowledge of statistics - which would be anyway the only likely target audience for this text.
Would you bother rewriting a legal text to make it understandable to musicians, or vice versa?
I did not write this English. A Japanese researcher who have experienced in researching in the United States write it.
Once again, I can't see why you post questions in English-English rather than English-Japanese.
I think perhaps you mean "more of the distribution" or "a greater part of the distribution" — but as I say, it is far from clear what you are trying to say. I fear this whole text is very clumsy and awkward, to the point that the underlying meaning is confused. I think you may be trying to say that it does not follow a 'normal' distribution (better than "normally distributed"), with fewer values falling in the skirts each side, and the right-hand tail being longer than the other — a "lop-sided distribution"!