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Experimental variable

(statistics) a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables

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Bar chart noun · 86% connection

a chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities

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Bar graph noun · 86% connection

a chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities

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Bayes' postulate noun · 86% connection

(statistics) the difficulty of applying Bayes' theorem is that the probabilities of the different causes are seldom known, in which ca…

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Bayes' theorem noun · 86% connection

(statistics) a theorem describing how the conditional probability of a set of possible causes for a given observed event can be comput…

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Bernoulli's law noun · 86% connection

(statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population stat…

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Centile noun · 86% connection

(statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of…

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Covariance noun · 86% connection

(statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means

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Covariation noun · 86% connection

(statistics) correlated variation

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Decile noun · 86% connection

(statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-ten…

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Degree of freedom noun · 86% connection

(statistics) an unrestricted variable in a frequency distribution

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dependent variable noun · 86% connection

(statistics) a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value depends on the independent variable; "if f(x)=y, y is the…

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Distribution noun · 86% connection

(statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence

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Factor noun · 86% connection

an independent variable in statistics

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Frequency distribution noun · 86% connection

a distribution of observed frequencies of occurrence of the values of a variable

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Histogram noun · 86% connection

a bar chart representing a frequency distribution; heights of the bars represent observed frequencies

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independent variable noun · 86% connection

(statistics) a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables

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Interquartile range noun · 86% connection

a measure of statistical dispersion, being equal to the difference between the upper and lower quartiles.; "From the set of data above…

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Law of large numbers noun · 86% connection

(statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population stat…

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Arithmetic mean noun · 78% connection

the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values

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Average adjective · 78% connection

relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even numbe…

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Baroscope noun · 78% connection

Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates -or foresh…

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Coefficient of correlation noun · 78% connection

a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlati…

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Correlation noun · 78% connection

a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by syst…

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Correlation coefficient noun · 78% connection

a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlati…

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Covariant noun · 78% connection

A function involving the coefficients and the variables of a quantic, and such that when the quantic is lineally transformed the same…

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Domain noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined

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Domain of a function noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined

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Expectation noun · 78% connection

the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values

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Expected value noun · 78% connection

the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values

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First moment noun · 78% connection

the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values

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