One convention that I like, is that if a variable is set by design in a
prospective study, it is "independent". If a variable is observed and is the
measure upon which one desires to do statistical inference, it is a
"dependent variable". If is observed or measured in conjuntion with the
dependent variable, but is not a "dependent" variable it is a "covariate".
Al Feiveson
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I, too, like terminology such as response/predictor/covariate. But we
usually use "outcome" in place of "response".
Then we often analyze family economic data, and we find ourselves in the
paradoxical situation where our outcome is income.
-- David
At 08:46 AM 2/3/2005 -0800, John Wallace wrote:
>I too prefer the response/predictor/covariate terminology. Sometimes
>someone will ask if "response" means "independent" - that's as much
>conflict as I've ever encountered over it. I like terms that sort of
>have their definitions built into them.
>[...]
David Kantor
Institute for Policy Studies
Johns Hopkins University
[email protected]
410-516-5404
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