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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

error-spending

Spanish translation:

función de gasto

Added to glossary by Laura Feijoo
Apr 14, 2014 09:03
10 yrs ago
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English term

error-spending

English to Spanish Science Mathematics & Statistics Biostatistics
"Therefore the alpha will be adjusted avia an error-spending function".
Proposed translations (Spanish)
4 +2 función de gasto
5 margen de error
3 función de gasto
3 Control de tasa de error en función de gasto
Change log

Apr 14, 2014 10:07: Laura Feijoo changed "Field" from "Medical" to "Science" , "Field (specific)" from "Medical: Pharmaceuticals" to "Mathematics & Statistics"

Discussion

Neil Ashby Apr 14, 2014:
Donal Ha ha, very true! I know that only too well because I'm of that 'cabezota' alpha-type and so too are my daughters!!! (ask the 'sen~ora') have a good one Donal ;@)
DLyons Apr 14, 2014:
@Neil Those Alphas can't be adjusted - they insist that everyone adjust to them :-)
Neil Ashby Apr 14, 2014:
So its Maths/Stats then.... and here was I thinking that alpha referred to the head male/female of the study group - ha ha!
Laura Feijoo (asker) Apr 14, 2014:
It is indeed a question about Biostatistics
Laura Feijoo (asker) Apr 14, 2014:
This is included in a Protocol Amendment regarding influenza vaccines, in the section explaining the statistical methods used to analyze the data.
DLyons Apr 14, 2014:
This is a Math-Stats question. I remember answering it or similar before.
Neil Ashby Apr 14, 2014:
Can you give some context please A few sentences before/after, some information about the flora or fauna being studied, the population, etc. would help a lot..... ;@)

Proposed translations

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English term (edited): error-spending function
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función de gasto

Here, I'm citing myself, in the best academic tradition :-)

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Note added at 46 mins (2014-04-14 09:49:58 GMT)
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Yes, you'll find e.g. "Se utilizó una función de gasto de error de O'Brien-Fleming."

Would you mind changing the category - it's pretty hard-core Stats that applies across all application areas?

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P.S. "avia" is a typo for "via", but I'd just "by".

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Note added at 1 hr (2014-04-14 10:03:24 GMT)
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http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_italian/mathematics_sta...

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Note added at 1 hr (2014-04-14 10:04:46 GMT)
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http://www.proz.com/kudoz/English/mathematics_statistics/522...
Reference:

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_spanish/medical%3A_pharmaceuticals/4481587-rho_family_spending_function%3D2.html

Note from asker:
Thanks!! So the right translation in this case is "función de gasto de error"?
Thanks again and an apology for the typo :)
Peer comment(s):
agree Neil Ashby : I don't get the citing yourself part? Are you Liz Askew as well? ;@)
12 mins
Thanks Neil - must have been some similar one I answered. No, I am not fortunate enough to be Liz.
agree JohnMcDove
16 hrs
Thanks John.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks again!! :)"
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función de gasto

Es una función que se utiliza en las matemáticas aplicadas a la economía
Peer comment(s):
neutral Neil Ashby : So why not agree with Donal's previous answer which is identical to yours? That's normally how things go. ;@)
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5 hrs

Control de tasa de error en función de gasto

A group sequential analysis following the error spending approach of Lan and DeMets ( 1983 ) requires that the maximum information level be fixed in advance. In practice, however, the maximum information level is often random, making it impossible to determine the information fractions required by Lan and DeMets ( 1983 ) to calculate the sequential boundary. We propose an adaptive error spending approach that further expands practical applications to settings where the interim information levels can depend on blinded accumulating data. We use a simple weighting method to combine independent test statistics from different stages, which are then compared with adaptive boundary values for the group sequential test. We develop a measure-theoretic framework and show that the adaptive error spending approach controls the type 1 error rates. Methods for point estimates and confidence intervals are also proposed. We warn that an error spending approach can lead to serious inflation of the type 1 error rates when the number or timing of interim analyses is allowed to depend on unblinded accumulating data.

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http://ftp.biostat.wisc.edu/pub/chappell/641/papers/paper35....
Reference:

http://books.google.es/books?id=G5ElnZDDm8gC&pg=PA206&dq=error+spending+function+definition&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_OtLU63FFpS-2AXEk4GQDA&ved=0CDgQ6A

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margen de error

EN: "Therefore the alpha will be adjusted via an error-spending function".
ES: «Por lo tanto el [dato] alfa será ajustado mediante una función de margen de error.»
Example sentence:

«Por lo tanto el [dato] alfa será ajustado mediante una función de margen de error.»

Peer comment(s):
neutral DLyons : This is a very specific technical usage. Have you a reference for "margen de error"?
10 hrs
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