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Variable

Posted byBrian Hopkins May 22, 2019

An attribute or characteristic that can change or vary or be expressed as more than one value or in various values or categories.  The opposite of a variable is a constant. 

See Concept, Confounding variable, Error score, Experimental method, Ordinal variables, Parameter (statistics)

Posted byBrian HopkinsMay 22, 2019Posted inUncategorizedTags: glossary

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