primary variable
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprimaryandvariable
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primary
adjective
uk/ˈpraɪ.mər.i/us/ˈpraɪ.mer.i/
more important than anything ...
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variable
noun[C]
uk/ˈveə.ri.ə.bəl/us/ˈver.i.ə.bəl/
a number, amount, or situation that ...
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(Definition ofprimaryandvariablefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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More importantly for our purposes, however, controlling for regime type leaves ourprimaryvariableof interest unaltered.
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The current article is aimed at cost-minimization studies, where the clinical outcome is expressed in a dichotomousprimaryvariable(proportions).
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Theprimaryvariablewas main stress placement.
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Theprimaryvariablerelating to the need of hospital stay, therefore, will be a surrogate end point, namely the number of days until passage of the first stool.
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Curriculum-based measurement uses rate and reading performance as theprimaryvariablein determining reading levels.
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On the present analysis the primary variables are three: cause, hazard, and probability.
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In order to identify the more primary variables, the childhood variables were all forced into a multivariate model.
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This suggests the use of monotonicity-preserving schemes for all the primary variables.
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In the former one, both primary variables and consequences are specified linguistically, whereas the latter one expresses the consequences as functions of primary variables.
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They are called secondary because they take the primary variables as their object.
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A series of t tests was performed to examine the effect of children's gender on the primary variables of interest.
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They do, however, encompass a sufficiently broad range of the primary variables involved, that is shearing stress and relaxation time, to provide a basis for integration of (18).
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Three primary variables are used in the optimality model: decisions, currency, and constraints.
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Here the voltage associated with pairs of nodes are the primary variables and the branch voltages are found in terms of them.
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It has a simplicity in that it uses straight lines for the three primary variables: pressure, temperature and potential temperature.
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