甘辛調整

English translation: bias correction

17:02 Jan 8, 2013

Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management

Japanese term or phrase: 甘辛調整

Hi everyone,

I have come across this term in a document concerning a large company's HR evaluation system.
Apparently, it refers to evening out gaps between the evaluations of stricter evaluators and evaluations by more generous ones. Please see the link below:

http://www.rosei.jp/jinjour/article.php?entry_no=55350

I can't find a translation for this precise term, and "bias correction" sounds too technical/may not mean the same thing.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance.

Luca Balestra KudoZ activity Questions: 89 (2 open) (1 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 0 United Kingdom
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English translation:bias correction

Explanation:
I would stick with "bias correction". It's sounds natural, is self-explanatory and is used in management and HR. I think anything other than "Bias Correction in Employee Evaluations" would sound less natural.

Selected response from:

David Gibney
Ireland

Grading comment

Thank you!
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Summary of answers provided

Dealing with statistical dispersion

Naoki Watanabe

Adjustment between generous and strict evaluations

Yuko Fujita

bias correction

David Gibney

well-balanced adjustment of the carrot and the stick

cinefil

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1 hr confidence:

Adjustment between generous and strict evaluations

Explanation:
直訳すると、こうなりますかね。

Yuko Fujita
United States
Native speaker of:

Japanese

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you! However, I eventually decided to stick with my original translation as it seems more succinct.

1 hr confidence:

bias correction

David Gibney
Ireland
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thank you!

8 hrs confidence:

well-balanced adjustment of the carrot and the stick

Explanation:
an idea

cinefil
Japan
Local time: 13:12
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Japanese
PRO pts in category: 16

Notes to answerer

Asker: Haha, that's a funky translation :P However, given the context, it seems a little too informal.

2 hrs confidence:

Dealing with statistical dispersion

Explanation:
甘辛調整 of a quantitative data such as a HR evaluation means to deal with the statistical dispersion. The article talks about several ways to measure central tendency. The article also mentions that 甘辛調整 is not dealing with outliers which can lead to errors, but to deal with variance.

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Note added at 18 hrs (2013-01-09 11:31:56 GMT)
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I would prefer not to use "bias", as it may be confused as "outliers".

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical_dispersion
Reference: http://www.wyzant.com/Help/Math/Statistics_and_Probability/A...

Naoki Watanabe
United States
Native speaker of:

English,

Japanese

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you. However, I eventually stuck with "bias" as it may be easier to understand for someone who is not familiar with the term you suggested.

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