Collocations withvariable
These are words often used in combination withvariable.
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additional variable
We employ one additional variable other than the predicted equilibrium conditions in our analyses.
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background variable
The groups did not differ in any of the background variables.
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binary variable
I specified the lines graphed be for the different values of the binary variable of interest.
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categorical variable
Firstly, this patronymic indicator is constructed as a categorical variable and not as a continuous one.
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climatic variable
For individual species, we document the climatic variable that was most strongly correlated with the number of individuals fruiting and flowering.
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clinical variables
There was no significant difference between drop-outs and completers on any demographic or clinical variables.
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complex variable
This approach is clearly possible in any number of space dimensions; a complex variable approach necessarily limits the dimension to two.
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composite variable
Rather, a composite variable was created by averaging four components.
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confounding variable
This study also provides a perspective on another important confounding variable in victimization impact studies: preexisting symptoms.
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contextual variable
These studies show that two fairly different approaches to the definition of the contextual variable are possible.
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continuous variable
This was a continuous variable expressed in cruzeiros.
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control variable
Thus, the type of emotion should have been inserted as a control variable.
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cultural variable
In addition to linguistic differences, cultural variables also influence noun and verb learning.
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demographic variable
Another demographic variable that may contribute to victimization is gender.
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dichotomous variable
Probandwise concordance rates and tetrachoric correlations calculated for the dichotomous variable.
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dummy variable
A dummy variable for high altitude separates the study region into two major climate zones.
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endogenous variable
Therefore, individual decisions depend on this cross-sectional distribution, which is itself an endogenous variable that varies over time.
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environmental variable
These values need not be related to any measured environmental variable.
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exogenous variable
Clearly, the critique does not apply for changes in an exogenous variable.
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explanatory variable
In all estimations, the inflation rate is also included as another explanatory variable.
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external variable
The second external variable that was contrasted was register.
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extraneous variable
Two steps were taken to eliminate previous knowledge as a potentially extraneous variable.
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hidden variable
Since explicit word-level alignments are not present in standard parallel corpora, the alignment position for each target word is treated as a hidden variable.
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individual-level variable
This suggested that the effects of these variables should be freed to vary whereas the effects of the other individual-level variables could be fixed.
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input variable
In more general cases, both steps may yield multiple output variable typings from an input variable typing.
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instrumental variable
Furthermore, the analysis lacked the data required to disentangle the two effects by using, for instance, instrumental variable estimation techniques.
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intervening variable
In this respect, empathy can be viewed as an intervening variable.
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key variable
The discussion above argued that a key variable omitted from such analyses is ideology.
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latent variable
At least one latent variable could be considered trivial.
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linguistic variable
A variationist definition of an isogloss would identify where quantitative or qualitative differences within the linguistic variable are found between speech localities.
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macroeconomic variable
In so doing, the economic costs of the tax system would necessarily be lower, economic efficiency higher and possibly the record on some crucial macroeconomic variable improved.
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measured variable
For each measured variable, the mean and standard error of mean were calculated.
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mediating variable
Thus, the interventions influence change in the mediating variable that, in turn, influences the outcome.
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moderating variable
When we tested the effect of neuroticism interacting with stress, the pathway from stress to the moderating variable had a value of zero.
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moderator variable
A fourth possible moderator variable is the intelligence level of participants.
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observed variable
We can think of these variances in precisely the same way as we do when thinking about any observed variable.
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omitted variable
Omitted variable bias is thus a major potential problem.
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ordinal variable
A simple ordinal variable reflecting the tendency for government satisfaction to decline and then rise again between elections.
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outcome variable
Similar results also are obtained when the outcome variable taps adolescent competence with peers.
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personality variable
They suggested that this personality variable explains why one person will speak and another will not in similar situations.
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physiological variable
The measure also appears to have good predictive validity and correlates with a variety of physiological variables in the expected direction.
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predictor variable
The gross effect refers to probability of a predictor variable to explain variation in the dependent variable without taking other factors into account.
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primary variable
More importantly for our purposes, however, controlling for regime type leaves our primary variable of interest unaltered.
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psychological variable
None of these psychological variables were correlated with the mercury levels in the biological media.
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psychosocial variable
The final psychosocial variable that is closely related to life satisfaction is social network (including social support, social integration and interpersonal relationships).
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relationship variable
Variation in regression coefficients among the six clusters was also found using the 24 relationship variables.
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response variable
The response variable was the proportion of individuals in a given stage found in each plant.
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set variable
Choosing a fresh set variable in this manner yields a more accurate analysis.
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sociodemographic variable
The initial measures addressed sociodemographic variables, psychological\\psychiatric problems and social disability.
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static variable
However, our divisions are still congruent: the value of a static variable cannot depend on a dynamic value.
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study variable
To clarify the independent contribution of the study variables in relation to the outcome variable, multivariate analysis was required.
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unknown variable
In this work is an unknown variable and is determined analytically.
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variable factor
This was the only seasonal difference that was not explained by some other seasonally variable factor.
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variable incidence
A plane shock generator of variable incidence, fully spanning the tunnel, produced an oblique shock which impinged on the boundary layer of the tunnel floor.
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variable length
Two introns and 3 exons of variable length were present in all the alleles.
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variable proportion
The variable proportion of matrix consists of vitric fragments and crystals similar to those in the overlying welded ignimbrite.
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