quadratic term
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term
noun
uk/tɜːm/us/tɝːm/
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For per capita incomes, aquadratictermis significantly negative, implying diminishing life satisfaction returns to higher average real incomes.
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We have tested the restriction that thequadratictermhas a zero coefficient.
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If the relationship is indeed curvilinear, then thequadratictermshould account for a significant proportion of variance over and above the linear term.
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The basic concept is aquadratictermdescribing the propagation of light signals.
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The coefficient of thequadratictermis insignificant, hence the linear model is applied.
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A ' curvilinear ' model was also fitted which included aquadratictermfor the regressor within each treatment.
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A second unconditional model was run which included aquadratictermto allow for acceleration or deceleration in the growth rate of externalizing problems.
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These were assessed by adding aquadratictermfor susceptibility following the linear term in the models described above.
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While plot density (as aquadraticterm) and windwardness were significant, they explained little additional deviance.
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We see that the linear profile is modified by aquadratictermdue to the internal release of latent heat.
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What is crucial here is thequadratictermused to check how linear the trend is in a given observed change.
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The significant coefficients for thequadratictermamong females suggest that the nonlinear pattern fits females' trajectories of depressive symptoms quite well.
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N was standardized to have a mean of zero and a standard deviation of 1, allowing easy interpretation and a meaningfulquadraticterm.
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Subtracting two of such error equations from one another thequadratictermwill vanish and the model becomes linear for the anchoring points of the legs.
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In our study minimum temperature in the previous month included with itsquadratictermusually gave adequate fits in the presence of the previous month's incidence level.
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Aquadraticterm(income2) was not significant.
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Although we expect a linear effect of age in the decision to retire, we include aquadratictermin the estimation between the higher office and re-election choices.
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