possible predictor
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possible
adjective
uk/ˈpɒs.ə.bəl/us/ˈpɑː.sə.bəl/
able to be done or achieved, or able ...
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predictor
noun[C]
uk/prɪˈdɪk.tər/us/prɪˈdɪk.tɚ/
something such as an event or fact that enables you to say what will happen in ...
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In the main effects model, each domain score is used as apossiblepredictorof the course of well-being.
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As no evidence for bias was detected a high social status is considered as apossiblepredictorof response according to the current evidence.
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Fitting allpossiblepredictorvariables would have potential problems with multicollinearity (see below) and involve fitting variables with a very small contribution to the model.
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This means that there were 30possiblepredictorvariables to be fitted to a data set with 34 observations.
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Increased saliva oestriol to progesterone ratio before idiopathic preterm delivery: apossiblepredictorfor preterm labor?
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Late-life depression as apossiblepredictorof dementia : cross-sectional and short-term follow-up results.
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Weather variables (mean daily minimum temperature, total rainfall and mean daily relative humidity) for each month and for each of the three preceding months were used aspossiblepredictorvariables.
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The anti-myelin antibodies were investigated as thepossiblepredictorfor this risk conversion.
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Neurokinins have been experimentally determined aspossiblepredictorin the generation of certain forms of epilepsy.
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In the first follow-up analysis, frequency and length were entered as possible predictors of age of first production for both sparse and dense words.
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Stimulant and antidepressant use during follow-up were also analyzed as possible predictors.
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As part of this project, information about several possible predictors was collected.
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Noted to be a different construct than task-specific self-efficacy, though apossiblepredictor, general self-efficacy is thought to be a motivational state, whereas task-specific self-efficacy a motivational trait.
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Table 3 shows univariate statistics for possible predictors for growth rate parameters.
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In a backward regression analysis, phonotactic probability, neighbourhood density, word frequency, and word length were entered as possible predictors of ages of first production of words for each child.
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In summary, lifetime psychiatric co-morbidity was, of all possible predictors which we analysed, by far the most stable and strongest predictor of an unfavourable course of the eating disorder.
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