Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A single observed value of a random variable, considered to be one of many possible realizations.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A single magnitude-determination of a character or quality common to a number of individuals.
- To make different; vary; diversify.
- To alter; vary; change.
- Varied; variegated; diverse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb To alter; to make different; to vary.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
measurable quantity capable of taking on a number ofvalues . - noun A
variable , often the set of xvalues plotted on agraph . - verb transitive To
alter ; orvary ; to makedifferent .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a variable quantity that is random
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But, yeah, you could get all fancy and run a multi-variate analysis to control for all kinds of factors.
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If the r-square of the bi-variate model would have been .8 would you have really been that much more confident that any potential relationship was not actually caused by some unmeasured variable (e.g., average age of population, cost of living, presence of alternative tax programs, presence of racial or ethnic groups known to consume alcohol at higher rates)? sfesler
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Here's the bad news - if you don't know what a multi-variate analysis is, you probably can't do one.
Bell Curve in Medical Care, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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As such, we have created a multi-variate sensitivity and scenario analysis with a variety of market occurrences exemplified.
Reggie Middleton: Black Eyes for the Blackberry? A Complete Forensic Analysis of Research in Motion 2010
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As such, we have created a multi-variate sensitivity and scenario analysis with a variety of market occurrences exemplified.
Reggie Middleton: Black Eyes for the Blackberry? A Complete Forensic Analysis of Research in Motion 2010
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As such, we have created a multi-variate sensitivity and scenario analysis with a variety of market occurrences exemplified.
Reggie Middleton: Black Eyes for the Blackberry? A Complete Forensic Analysis of Research in Motion 2010
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As such, we have created a multi-variate sensitivity and scenario analysis with a variety of market occurrences exemplified.
Reggie Middleton: Black Eyes for the Blackberry? A Complete Forensic Analysis of Research in Motion Reggie Middleton 2010
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These are individuals who have clear in-depth multi-variate thinkingalong withsuperb critical reasoning skills that allow them to discuss the process of their decision making.
Edwards Again Says He Read Classified National Intelligence Estimate Report 2009
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I guess that null set can hark to nullstellenseitz (sp?) which is the “set of zeroes”, meaning, the set of vectors or points on which a certain function (usually, a multi-variate polynomial) has value zero. stefan Says:
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Multiple regression would be of some help here although safe set would be co-variate with length of service.
MPs Expenses and safe seats correlation - update Mark Reckons 2009
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