Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
homogeneizar
English translation:
homogenize
Spanish term
Montenegro
Span-Eng Translator Interpreter Editor
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
homogeneizar
I have looked up "homogenize data", "standardize data" and "make the data uniform". Standardize is of course the most common, but not sure if it means the same thing or is used in the same type of context. Thanks very much!
This is for a US audience, by the way.
| 4 +2 | homogenize |
Beatriz Zorron-Minhondo
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| 5 +2 | homogenize |
Jose Cordero
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| 4 +3 | standardize (data) |
Pablo Julián Davis
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Nov 21, 2013 15:48: Beatriz Zorron-Minhondo changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/586466">DIANNE BEREST's</a> old entry - "homogeneizar"" to ""homogenize""
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Proposed translations
Public Translator. Law and Business
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
homogenize
| Thanks Beatriz. My question is really about what is most appropriate for this context. I can see that homogenize works, but I would like to know what term is normally used in baseline or data-related reports. |
United States
Translation/Localization, Law Graduate
Native in: English , Spanish (Variants: Puerto Rican, Latin American)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
homogenize
| Thanks Jose! |
La palabra justa/The right word
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, and 1 more.
standardize (data)
"Call RUN_MACRO to standardize the data in the data set. Call WRITE_ARRAY to write data to a data set. Call READ_ARRAY to read the standardized data ..." support.sas.com/documentation/.../p0denqm0e5klnsn143n4zveodjjh.htm
"Hit 'OK' to standardize the data. After standardization, all variables will have the same weight during analyses (i.e., all variables are treated as equally important ..." www.biomedware.com
| Thanks Pablo! |
| agree |
Rita Swyter
7 hrs
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| agree |
Mary Lore
: Agree completely, even in a high register doc, standardize is better
23 hrs
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| agree |
T o b i a s
1312 days
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