pisteluku

English translation: (index) value

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Finnish term or phrase:pisteluku
English translation:(index) value
Entered by: Spencer Allman

07:20 Jun 9, 2008
Finnish to English translations [PRO]
Mathematics & Statistics
Finnish term or phrase: pisteluku
on an index...

Google throws up 'point figure', which sounds like a Finnishism to me. Could I use 'score' does any one know?
Spencer Allman
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:20
(index) value
Explanation:
It is pretty common to just use the word "index". However, this term is obviously trying to differentiate between the index itself and the value/score assigned to one unit in the study. In this case, I would say, for example when speaking of a consumer price index, "The index value for Houston for 1998 was 110." which means that consumer goods in Houston cost 10% more than the baseline value. I also do think that score is just fine. And like I said, index by itself would generally be fine too (see table column headings here: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.t01.htm).
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Owen Witesman
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4(index) value
Owen Witesman
3index
USER0059 (X)
3point figure
Pauliina Kauppila


  

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index


Explanation:
"Score" sounds unsuitable to me.


    Reference: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/cpi0508.pdf
USER0059 (X)
Finland
Local time: 19:20
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in FinnishFinnish
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point figure


Explanation:
Tilastokeskus ("Statistics Finland") actually does seem to use "point figure" as the translation for "pisteluku".


    Reference: http://www.stat.fi/meta/kas/pisteluku_en.html
Pauliina Kauppila
Local time: 17:20
Native speaker of: Native in FinnishFinnish
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(index) value


Explanation:
It is pretty common to just use the word "index". However, this term is obviously trying to differentiate between the index itself and the value/score assigned to one unit in the study. In this case, I would say, for example when speaking of a consumer price index, "The index value for Houston for 1998 was 110." which means that consumer goods in Houston cost 10% more than the baseline value. I also do think that score is just fine. And like I said, index by itself would generally be fine too (see table column headings here: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.t01.htm).


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_living_index
    Reference: http://www.bls.gov/bls/glossary.htm
Owen Witesman
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