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Discover LudwigThe phrase "adjust figures" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the act of changing or modifying numerical data or statistics to reflect accuracy or new information.
Example: "After reviewing the budget, we need to adjust figures to account for the unexpected expenses."
Alternatives: "modify numbers" or "revise data".
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The government does not seasonally adjust figures for countries and regions as it does for overall imports and exports.
Addendum: The Bureau of Labor Statistics says that it will adjust figures going back at least several years, so that comparisons will not be distorted.
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What can his visual system do to adjust? Figure 13.1c shows that a reduction in gain won't solve the moviegoer's problem.
The figures in the accompanying charts are based on seasonally adjusted figures.
Adjusted figures from 1990 showed the neighborhood to be 98.7percentt white.
The adjusted figures show my best guesses of what would actually happen with these voting percentages.
Seasonally adjusted figures tell the same story, with remortgaging at a 15-year low.
In percentage terms, the adjusted figures give Clinton 48.1% of the vote to Trump's 46.5%.
The court ruling mandates only that the bureau release the adjusted figures.
But the adjusted figures reduce Labour's lead to one (meltdown) or 10 (recovery).
That's why you calculate your adjusted figures using cleverer methods, such as logistic regression, and likelihood theory.
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