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  2. Variable and attribute (research) - Wikipedia

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    In science and research, an attribute is a quality of an object (person, thing, etc.). [1] Attributes are closely related to variables. A variable is a logical set of attributes. [1] Variables can "vary" – for example, be high or low. [1]

  3. Correlation - Wikipedia

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    The degree of dependence between variables X and Y does not depend on the scale on which the variables are expressed. That is, if we are analyzing the relationship between X and Y, most correlation measures are unaffected by transforming X to a + bX and Y to c + dY, where a, b, c, and d are constants (b and d being positive).

  4. Dependent and independent variables - Wikipedia

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    A variable is considered dependent if it depends on an independent variable. Dependent variables are studied under the supposition or demand that they depend, by some law or rule (e.g., by a mathematical function), on the values of other variables. Independent variables, in turn, are not seen as depending on any other variable in the scope of ...

  5. Mediation (statistics) - Wikipedia

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    Simple mediation model. The independent variable causes the mediator variable; the mediator variable causes the dependent variable. In statistics, a mediation model seeks to identify and explain the mechanism or process that underlies an observed relationship between an independent variable and a dependent variable via the inclusion of a third hypothetical variable, known as a mediator ...

  6. Correlation does not imply causation - Wikipedia

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    Reproducibility – Aspect of scientific research; Spurious relationship – Apparent, but false, correlation between causally-independent variables; Synchronicity – Jungian concept of the meaningfulness of acausal coincidences; Teleology – Thinking in terms of destiny or purpose

  7. Correlation coefficient - Wikipedia

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    A correlation coefficient is a numerical measure of some type of linear correlation, meaning a statistical relationship between two variables. [a] The variables may be two columns of a given data set of observations, often called a sample, or two components of a multivariate random variable with a known distribution. [citation needed]

  8. Covariance and correlation - Wikipedia

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    With any number of random variables in excess of 1, the variables can be stacked into a random vector whose i th element is the i th random variable. Then the variances and covariances can be placed in a covariance matrix, in which the (i, j) element is the covariance between the i th random variable and the j th one.

  9. Bivariate analysis - Wikipedia

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    Regression is a statistical technique used to help investigate how variation in one or more variables predicts or explains variation in another variable. Bivariate regression aims to identify the equation representing the optimal line that defines the relationship between two variables based on a particular data set.