Description: In Calc, there's the following UI string: "Value 1; value 2; ... are arguments representing a sample taken from a basic total population." I have no idea what the expression "a basic total population" means. Nothing seems to come up on a web or Wikipedia search. I assume this is a mistake of some kind, perhaps a mistranslation from another language? Steps to Reproduce: 1. The string on Weblate: https://translations.documentfoundation.org/translate/libo_ui-master/scmessages/en/?checksum=56d94ade7c12a99c Actual Results: The string is confusing. Expected Results: The string is using generally accepted English statistics terminology. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: n/a
Correction: the same string appears in two other places, too: https://translations.documentfoundation.org/translate/libo_ui-master/scmessages/en/?q=a+basic+total+population&sort_by=-priority%2Cposition&checksum=
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical_population>
(In reply to ady from comment #2) > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical_population> Yes, I know what "population" means in statistics. What I don't know is what "basic total population" is supposed to mean.
IMHO, it would help if you could link to the actual Help content (i.e. function) we are talking about. I mean that "Value 1; value 2; ... are arguments representing a sample taken from a basic total population" sounds as the description of a "ValueN" argument of some specific Calc function, probably part of the Statistical Category of functions.
Calc functions: AVERAGEA, STDEVA and VARA - cf. the attached juxtaposition (UI vs Help).
Created attachment 193879 [details] Calc functions in UI and Help
Rafael, what do you think? I feel like this could be simplified to just "population". The string exists in OOo 3.3, but doesn't mean anything to me either, and an online search seems to confirms that it does not have any special meaning in stats. Elsewhere: - MS Excel uses "a sample of a population"[1][2]. - Google Docs only says it's a sample without having to mention "from a population". (Only uses "population" to refer to other functions that consider the whole population instead of a sample.)[2] [1]: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/stdeva-function-5ff38888-7ea5-48de-9a6d-11ed73b29e9d [2]: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vara-function-3de77469-fa3a-47b4-85fd-81758a1e1d07 [3]: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3094055