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Latent variable

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latentExisting or present but concealed or inactive.
predictor variablenoun(mathematics) An independent variable that may be used to predict the value of another, especially in statistical regression
covariatenoun(statistics) A variable that is possibly predictive of the outcome under study.
variablenoun(programming) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
outcome variablenoun(mathematics) A dependent variable thought to change as a function of changes in a predictor variable.
interval variablenoun(statistics) An ordinal variable with the additional property that the magnitudes of the differences between two values are meaningful.
indicator variablenoun(statistics) A binary variable whose value of 0 or 1 indicates which category an individual falls into.
random variablenoun(statistics, loosely) A quantity whose value is random and to which a probability distribution is assigned, such as the possible outcome of a roll of a dice.
free variablenoun(mathematics, logic) A variable (occurring within some expression or well-formed formula) which is not bound by a quantifier or analogous symbol (such as a lambda abstractor, the "differential d" near the end of an integral or differential form, or a summation symbol).
dependent variablenoun(sciences) An outcome measured to see the effectiveness of the treatment.
slack variablenoun(mathematics) In an optimization problem, a variable added to an inequality constraint to transform it into an equality.
ordinal variablenoun(statistics) A variable with values whose order is significant, but on which no meaningful arithmetic-like operations can be performed.
bound variablenoun(programming) A variable that is associated with a value, and therefore a variable that has an allocated storage location. If the programming language implements a representation of a canonical unknown value, infinity, etc., the value bound to the variable may be one of these.
indeterminantNot accurately determined or determinable.
variatenoun(statistics) Random variable.
responding variablenoun(mathematics) dependent variable
unknown(sometimes postpositive) Not known; unidentified; not well known.
weightnounThe downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.
bivariablenoun(mathematics) A binomial variable
dummy variablenoun(statistics) A binary variable that takes a value of 0 or 1 to indicate which category an individual falls into.

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