dichotomous variable
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dichotomous
adjective
uk/daɪˈkɒt.ə.məs/us/daɪˈkɑː.t̬ə.məs/
involving two completely opposing ideas ...
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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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Probandwise concordance rates and tetrachoric correlations calculated for thedichotomousvariable.
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We constructed adichotomousvariablefor ' main problem agreement ' for each patient.
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Adichotomousvariablewas used for lifetime daily smoking.
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The presence of malignancy as a result of surgery was registered as adichotomousvariable.
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Thisdichotomousvariableinteracts with all t he parameters o f t he original model.
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Smoking habit was analysed as adichotomousvariable(non-smoker and smoker).
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Because the numbers were small, education was treated as adichotomousvariable-education or no education.
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We also include an extradichotomousvariable, coded 1 for anyone who is simultaneously single, female and unemployed with children in the home, and coded 0 otherwise.
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Parent alcoholism was considered adichotomousvariable.
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We used adichotomousvariableto indicate whether the physician agrees strongly or agrees somewhat with the above statement (versus otherwise).
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The first is a simpledichotomousvariable, coded 1 for respondents who support divided government, and 0 otherwise.
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As the records from the two villages are pooled for this analysis, adichotomousvariablewas also included to control for the possible village effect.
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First, it is not adichotomousvariableand it allows for a great degree of variation between countries.
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Responses were converted into adichotomousvariablewhere graduation from high school was considered successful and less than a high school diploma was not successful.
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Employment was coded as adichotomousvariableand participants were considered employed if they were currently engaging in any work for which they were getting paid.
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We include adichotomousvariableto account for the stability-enhancing effect of bipolarity on the international system, coded 1 for the years between 1945 and 1991.
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In the logistic regressions, the dependent variable indicated the presence or absence of a psychiatric disorder (dichotomousvariable).
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Parental education is adichotomousvariabledividing the sample into those who did not finish high school and those who did.
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