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INDEPENDENT RANDOM VARIABLE [3 records]

Record 1 1999-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Methods
DEF

This is the variability of subject's scores who being in different groups, receive different levels of the independent variable. The reason scores differ between groups is due to the influence of a treatment effect plus the influence of random error.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes statistiques
CONT

L'importance de ces deux sources de variation est mesuré par deux quantités, qui sont appelées communément carrés moyens ou variances: ce sont le carré moyen factoriel ou entre échantillons, défini à partir des écarts entre les moyennes des différents échantillons et la moyenne générale.

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Econometrics
DEF

The random error or that part of the variation in the dependent variable not explained by the independent variables.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économétrie

Spanish

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Record 3 1991-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Surveys

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)

Spanish

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