predictor variable

noun

An independent variable that may be used to predict the value of another, especially in statistical regression

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Meanings

nounpredictor variable (plural predictor variables)

plural predictor variables

  1. mathematicsAn independent variable that may be used to predict the value of another, especially in statistical regression
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