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independent variable

The factor a study changes or examines as a possible cause.

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Factor 76% connected

One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for ot…

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Variable 76% connected

Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.

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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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Experimental variable noun · 86% connection

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

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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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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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Linear regression noun · 86% connection

the relation between variables when the regression equation is linear: e.g., y = ax + b

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Assayer noun · 78% connection

One who assays. Specifically: One who examines metallic ores or compounds, for the purpose of determining the amount of any particular…

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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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Causal mechanism phrase · 78% connection

The steps that explain how a cause leads to an effect.

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Checking program noun · 78% connection

a program that examines other computer programs for syntax errors

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Chemistry noun · 78% connection

That branch of science which treats of the composition of substances, and of the changes which they undergo in consequence of alterati…

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Collationer noun · 78% connection

One who examines the sheets of a book that has just been printed, to ascertain whether they are correctly printed, paged, etc.

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confounding variable noun · 78% connection

A hidden factor that may make two things appear related when another influence is involved.

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Correct verb · 78% connection

To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the…

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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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Critic noun · 78% connection

One skilled in judging of the merits of literary or artistic works; a connoisseur; an adept; hence, one who examines literary or artis…

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Cross-examiner noun · 78% connection

One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination.

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Del credere unknown · 78% connection

An agreement by which an agent or factor, in consideration of an additional premium or commission (called a del credere commission), e…

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