Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

entorno

English translation:

around (the cut-off point)

Added to glossary by patinba
Jul 19, 2020 20:12
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Spanish term

entorno

Spanish to English Bus/Financial Finance (general) samples/surveys
Una desventaja importante de esta metodología, es que la identificación de los efectos corresponde a una sub muestra de los participantes del programa, los hogares o individuos en el entorno del punto de corte, no es extrapolable a todo el grupo de tratados y, menos aún, a toda la población. Lo que se están estimando son efectos locales
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Jul 30, 2020 13:00: patinba Created KOG entry

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around (the cut-off point)

Hard to tell, but it seems to be saying that the households and individuals close to the sample cut off point cannot be extrapolated ...

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Apr 29, 2020 - A simple model of RD design with single measured feature: y = a0 + Df(x) + u, where the dependent variable y at around the cut-off point.
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Peer comment(s):

agree Lester Tattersall : Can't go wrong with this, really
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agree liz askew
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agree neilmac : Ker-ching!
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agree Luis M. Sosa
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Gracias, Luis!
neutral Francois Boye : 'entorno' is a concept of general topology. it means neighborhood.
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Yes, but it would not generally be used in this particular context.
agree Sarah Brenchley
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agree Cathie Gryfe-Seeley : This sounds the most natural.
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area

In a commentary about methodology, steps towards an evaluation are considered. The effects on the locality are being estimated.
Example sentence:

Una desventaja importante de esta metología, es que la identificación de los efectos corresponde a una sub muestra de los participantes del programa, los hogares o individuos en el entorno del punto de corte no es extrapolable a todo el grupo de tratado

An important disadvantage of this methodology is that the identification of the effects corresponds to an under indication of the program participants, the homes of individuals in the area of the capital point is not from the known facts of the agreements

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Local area

In relation to the other components of the text, local area is suitable.
Pequeña corrección en español:
Lo que se "está" (no "están) estimando son efectos locales
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neighborhood/neighbourhood of the cut-off point

This s how this concept would be defined in general topology

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entorno_(matemática)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbourhood_(mathematics)
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area

Entorno literally means environment which would not flow in this sentence, hence the use of the word area to indicate that you are speaking of the approximated cut-off point.
Example sentence:

, homes or individuals in the area of the cut-off point,

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