composite variable

collocation in English

meaningsofcompositeandvariable

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composite
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒm.pə.zɪt/us
/ˈkɑːm.pə.zɪt/
something that is made of various ...
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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 ofcompositeandvariablefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Rather, acompositevariablewas created by averaging four components.
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A follow-up study of participants would be beneficial in determining whether thecompositevariableof engagement predicts scores on literacy measures on entrance to school.
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The 'local' variable is acompositevariablebased on responses to 17 questions.
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It is interesting that similar intervention effects were not found for the adaptive maternal representationcompositevariable.
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All three have values one through six, so thecompositevariabletakes on values three through 18.
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Once thecompositevariablewas created, the next objective was to develop models of growth trajectories.
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Thiscompositevariablewas a weighted linear combination of 6 of the original 15 discourse behavior variables.
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However, it is important to note that thecompositevariableof engagement had better predictive power than any single variable.
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We added acompositevariablecalled stream, which is the sum of the states stream types 1, 2 and 3, and denotes the presence of watercourses.
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Social class was calculated as acompositevariableusing the following characteristics: education of the woman and of her husband, area of residence, occupation and employment status of husband.
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Transfer programmes have a number of composite variables in common (see the table below).
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No other changes were made to the composite variables.
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The six original measures were summarized into 6 composite variables, of which only 2 composite variables had eigenvalues greater than one.
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Then, discrete maternal representation codes were combined to create two composite variables reflecting children's representations of adaptive and maladaptive maternal figures.
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These two composite variables were each composed of two scales that measured positive and negative expectancies separately.
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The cutback effect of changes of composite variables of the different programmes has been calculated and then coded according to the coding scheme presented earlier.
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