control for

German translation: konstant halten

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English term or phrase:control for
German translation:konstant halten
Entered by: Dorothee Rault (Witt)

13:19 Mar 10, 2016
English to German translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general)
English term or phrase: control for
Aus einem wissenschaftlichen Bericht über Insolvenzregelungen und deren Auswirkungen auf die Wirtschaft:

In the bond pricing model we identify the relationship between bond spreads and insolvency regime, "controlling for" a number of relevant bond characteristics.

Mir ist nicht ganz klar, was "control for" hier bedeuten soll? Steuern? Oder vielleicht auch "unberücksichtigt lassen"?

Vielen Dank für jede Hilfe!
Dorothee Rault (Witt)
France
Local time: 11:44
control for (a variable)
Explanation:
This is the statistical concept of controlling for a variable that might be influencing your results - see e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlling_for_a_variable. It doesn't mean that you have to investigate the different possible influences (which makes me doubt whether Katja's suggestion is correct) - you simply have to rule out the possibility that other "relevant bond characteristics" are influencing your results.

I'm familiar with this mainly from the field of psychological testing - for example, you "control for age" or "control for gender" by designing your test in such a way as to exclude the possibility that the results you get are influenced by the age or gender of your subjects - that is a completely different thing from investigating the influence of age or gender on the issue under investigation.
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Armorel Young
Local time: 10:44
Grading comment
Danke für die Hilfe! Ich füge einfach einen Glossareintrag hinzu!
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3 +1..., indem wir eine Reihe relevanter Anlageeingenschaften/-parameter untersuchen
Katja Schoone
3control for (a variable)
Armorel Young


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..., indem wir eine Reihe relevanter Anlageeingenschaften/-parameter untersuchen


Explanation:
so versteh ich das.

Katja Schoone
Germany
Local time: 11:44
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PRO pts in category: 401
Notes to answerer
Asker: Vielen Dank, Katja!


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agree  dkfmmuc: Genial.
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  -> Danke sehr ;-)
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control for (a variable)


Explanation:
This is the statistical concept of controlling for a variable that might be influencing your results - see e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlling_for_a_variable. It doesn't mean that you have to investigate the different possible influences (which makes me doubt whether Katja's suggestion is correct) - you simply have to rule out the possibility that other "relevant bond characteristics" are influencing your results.

I'm familiar with this mainly from the field of psychological testing - for example, you "control for age" or "control for gender" by designing your test in such a way as to exclude the possibility that the results you get are influenced by the age or gender of your subjects - that is a completely different thing from investigating the influence of age or gender on the issue under investigation.

Armorel Young
Local time: 10:44
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Danke für die Hilfe! Ich füge einfach einen Glossareintrag hinzu!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Could you perhaps put in the German translation? Thank you.

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