Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
restidspuckel
English translation:
literaly: mode; alternatives: peak (travel time); \"black swan\" - worst case;
Added to glossary by
Charlesp
Jun 30, 2013 09:26
10 yrs ago
Swedish term
restidspuckel
Swedish to English
Bus/Financial
Mathematics & Statistics
Hej, what is a "restidspuckel" called in English?
I am sure that someone who is an expert in statistics and averages would know this right off.
(I know it is not the "mean" or average travel time (medelrestiden), but like the top of the bell curve. But what is this called in English?
Context:
" This ______ describes the journey time where the location has the most traffic."
I am sure that someone who is an expert in statistics and averages would know this right off.
(I know it is not the "mean" or average travel time (medelrestiden), but like the top of the bell curve. But what is this called in English?
Context:
" This ______ describes the journey time where the location has the most traffic."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | peak (travel time) |
Deane Goltermann
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| 3 | "black swan" / worst case |
DLyons
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| 1 | bulge |
Mats Wiman
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Proposed translations
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Deane Goltermann
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peak (travel time)
I've used this one ... Had the help of a professor consulting on work for my client -- he was a good teacher.
You can find some wiki pages for reference.
See
http://www.scb.se/statistik/_publikationer/BE0401_2012I60_BR... -- for puckel
and, for their translation.
http://www.scb.se/statistik/_publikationer/BE0401_2012I60_BR...
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Note added at 8 hrs (2013-06-30 17:51:18 GMT)
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Yep, that simple in this case -- and it is a statistical term ;-)!!
You can find some wiki pages for reference.
See
http://www.scb.se/statistik/_publikationer/BE0401_2012I60_BR... -- for puckel
and, for their translation.
http://www.scb.se/statistik/_publikationer/BE0401_2012I60_BR...
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Note added at 8 hrs (2013-06-30 17:51:18 GMT)
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Yep, that simple in this case -- and it is a statistical term ;-)!!
Note from asker:
| Peak? Is it as simple as that. I was thinking that it required some statistical term, glad that it is as simple as this. |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "literaly: mode.
Alternatives: peak (travel time)
"black swan" - worst case."
1 hr
Mats Wiman
Sweden
Sweden
Native in Swedish
Sweden
DEU / ENG / FRA / SPA > SWE since 1982
Native in: Swedish (Variant: Stockholm) 
Works in: German to Swedish, English to Swedish, Swedish
bulge
I don't know but suggest 'bulge' for those who do
Note from asker:
| Excellent suggestion, but... |
12 hrs
"black swan" / worst case
It depends on what you mean! The first answer assumes that it's an unpredictably long travel time e.g due to a motorway pileup that backs up all the traffic. So this value is a very unlikely one drawn from the tail of the travel time distribution (and NOT the peak, unless you're talking about CDF rather than PDF).
That's different from a predictably long travel time e.g due to you travelling at rush hour - which is the second answer "worst case".
That's different from a predictably long travel time e.g due to you travelling at rush hour - which is the second answer "worst case".
Note from asker:
| Excellent suggestion, but... highly technical, and as such shoud be used sparingly. |
Discussion
Link: http://math.about.com/od/statistics/a/MeanMedian.htm
Hope this helps.