Skewed at/towards

French translation: avec une sur-représentation (du groupe des jeunes)

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English term or phrase:Skewed at/towards
French translation:avec une sur-représentation (du groupe des jeunes)
Entered by: Nathalie Ohana

15:57 Jan 21, 2017
English to French translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research / Consumer study
English term or phrase: Skewed at/towards
Phrase entière

Men and women, skewed towards younger age groups, over indexing on xxx


merci.
Nathalie Ohana
United States
Local time: 07:01
avec une sur-représentation (du groupe des jeunes)
Explanation:
Un peu moins usuel : avec un biais en faveur du groupe des jeunes
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violaine-r
France
Local time: 13:01
Grading comment
Merci.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2avec une sur-représentation (du groupe des jeunes)
violaine-r
4 +1avec une préférence pour / prépondérance de
FX Fraipont (X)
4 -1Traduction ci-dessous
Francois Boye
3 -1avec légèrement plus de poids sur...
Tony M


Discussion entries: 3





  

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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
skewed at/towards
avec légèrement plus de poids sur...


Explanation:
... but probably more natural in FR to say something like 'x ayant un poids légèrement plus important que y' etc.

Tony M
France
Local time: 13:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 106

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  GILLES MEUNIER: question de sur-représentation et non de poids
12 hrs
  -> Yes, but in the specialist field of demographic statistics etc., we DO speak of 'poids' in FR. I do masses of this stuff for one of the top FR survey companies...
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
skewed at/towards
avec une préférence pour / prépondérance de


Explanation:
thanks Tony for the hint

depends if it's about choosing the sample (préférence) or about the results (avec une prépondérance)

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 13:01
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 649

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
2 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
skewed at/towards
Traduction ci-dessous


Explanation:
qui appartiennent en plus grand nombre aux groupes d'âge plus jeunes

Francois Boye
United States
Local time: 07:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 91

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Christiane Allen: Non, ce n'est pas la terminologie utilisée en statistiques.
22 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
skewed at/towards
avec une sur-représentation (du groupe des jeunes)


Explanation:
Un peu moins usuel : avec un biais en faveur du groupe des jeunes

violaine-r
France
Local time: 13:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Merci.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Francois Boye: 'skewed' relates to men and vwomen, not the younger age groups
1 hr
  -> how could skewed relate to both men and would omen ? who wbe under represented then ? transgender ? animals ? sorry, bad joke I know..

agree  Tony M: Absolutely right! OF COURSE it refers to the younger age groups. but it is of course 'des groupes...'
1 hr
  -> thank you tony

agree  GILLES MEUNIER: oui
11 hrs

agree  Christiane Allen: Oui, absolument!
22 hrs
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