sinnvollerweise

Non-PRO German to English Tech/Engineering Mathematics & Statistics

context: inferential statistics
"Die Messungen werden sinnvollerweise an Stichproben durchgeführt und nicht an allen Einzelwerten der sogenannten Grundgesamtheit (bzw. des Kollektives); denn erst alle möglichen Stichproben zusammen bilden diese Grundgesamtheit."

It is too costly, too time consuming, and too cumbersome to obtain information from the entire population, therefore decisions on the characteristics of the population must be based on information contained in a sample of that population, and of couse all possible samples of the population together make up the total population.
But I am having trouble summing that up in a one-word or short-phrase equivalent for sinnvollerweise. Any help greatly appreciated!

Proposed translations (English)

0	It makes sense to	Dirgis (X)
0	sensibly	Dr. Sahib Bleher
0	is preferably/is best/should best be	Mats Wiman
0	it makes more sense to	buckel
0	for your context:	TRANSRAPID

Change log

Jan 13, 2014 11:46: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Mathematics & Statistics"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

PRO (1): Steffen Walter

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Proposed translations

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Dirgis (X)

United States

319 answers

Native in German

Selected

It makes sense to

It makes sense to measure samples instead of measuring all individuals in the collective, since the collective consists of the totality of all possible samples that could be taken from it.

Reference:

recently taken stat course

4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to everyone for your help again. Although I found all of the answers helpful, Sigrid's sentence was perfectly rendered and, I believe, conveys the meaning of the original succintly without getting bogged down in the whys and wherefores (like I did) - thanks very much!"

1 hr

Dr. Sahib Bleher

327 answers

Native in German