whether they were treated with resveratrol or not …(do not use “if … or not”; “whether … or not” must be used if there is an alternative)
it is worth noting that … = it is useful to point out/underline that …
led to … (lead, led, led) = resulted in …
compared with …(when talking about differences, “compared with” is to be preferred; “compared to” implies similarity)
significantly lower than …(“significantly” is to be used only in case of statistically significant differences)
once again …= similarly (in this context, to underline a point)
as for … = concerning …
trend = tendency
interestingly … = as a matter of interest …
in the latter = in the last item (mentioned earlier)
Statistiques / Lexical help
tableau |
chart/table |
la corrélation statistique |
the statistical correlation |
statistiquement significatif |
statistically significant |
la moyenne |
the average/the mean |
en moyenne |
on average |
écart type (ET) |
standard deviation (SD) |
échantillon |
sample |
effectif |
number (of observations) / size (of a sample) |
doubler |
double |
tripler |
triple |
aléatoire |
random |
approximation |
approximation |
une caractéristique |
a characteristic/feature |
fréquence cumulée |
cumulative frequency |
long terme |
long term |
court terme |
short term |
modèle |
model |
médiane |
median |
puissance |
power |
relatif |
relative |
seuil de signification |
limit of significance |
comparaison |
comparison |
valeur p |
p value |
probabilité |
probability |
valeur prédictive positive |
positive predictive value |
valeur prédictive négative |
negative predictive value |
vrai positif |
true(ly) negative (subject) |
vrai négatif |
true(ly) negative (subject) |
faux positif |
false(ly) positive (subject) |
faux négatif |
false(ly) negative (subject) |
homogénéité de distribution |
homogeneity of distribution |
ajustement |
fitting |
variable |
variable |
équation |
equation |
tendance |
trend |
somme pondérée |
weighted sum |
indice |
subscript/index |
taux |
rate |
ratio |
ratio |
incidence |
incidence |
prévalence |
prevalence |
coefficient |
coefficient |
intervalle de confiance (IC) |
confidence interval (CI) |