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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A variable not dependent on another variable for its value. For example, in a time series of wheat output per year and rainfall per year, wheat output is the dependent variable and rainfall the independent variable.  2, record 1, English, - independent%20variable

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

When the independent variables of a regression function are random variables, there is an equivalence between correlation coefficients and regression coefficients; after one set has been defined, the definition of the other follows automatically....  6, record 1, English, - independent%20variable

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Compare with "dependent variable".  7, record 1, English, - independent%20variable

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Dans une analyse de régression, variable (généralement désignée par la lettre x) sur laquelle le décideur peut exercer un contrôle, par exemple la quantité d'articles inclus dans un certain nombre de lots en vue de déterminer la productivité de la main d'œuvre.  5, record 1, French, - variable%20explicative

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

On utilise les termes «variable prédictive» et «prédicteur» dans les cas où la (ou les) variable(s) indépendante(s) est (sont) vue(s) comme une (des) variable(s) dont la valeur permet de prévoir celle d'une autre variable déjà donnée.  6, record 1, French, - variable%20explicative

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Variable cuyo valor no es una función directa de alguna otra variable ni depende de otra variable.  3, record 1, Spanish, - variable%20independiente

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

La variable independiente general se representa en forma gráfica como la abcisa (línea horizontal) sobre un eje.  3, record 1, Spanish, - variable%20independiente

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Inuit shaman who predicts the future.  1, record 2, English, - predictor

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Personne qui prédit l'avenir chez les Inuits. Il agit comme médiateur aussi. Habituellement il y en a un par grande famille.  1, record 2, French, - chaman

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Terme-équivalent proposé par un anthropologue-spécialiste, professeur à l'Université Laval.  1, record 2, French, - chaman

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A linear combination of previously encoded reconstructed values (in lossless mode coding).  1, record 4, English, - predictor

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Source: Information Technology Vocabulary, extract of ISO/IEC 10918-1 (F/E).  2, record 4, English, - predictor

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Combinaison linéaire de valeurs reconstruites préalablement codées.  1, record 4, French, - pr%C3%A9dicteur

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Source : Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information, extrait de l'ISO/CEI 10918-1 (F/E).  2, record 4, French, - pr%C3%A9dicteur

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Meteorological element, or an index compiled from several elements, which is known (often empirically) to be highly correlated with a quantity which is to be forecast and is used to forecast that quantity.  3, record 5, English, - predictor

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

It is clear from signal-to-noise ratio arguments that detection will be hastened if the noise level can be reduced. This can be achieved using some form of regression analysis with CO₂ variations and other climate forcing factors as predictors.  4, record 5, English, - predictor

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Élément météorologique, ou indice calculé à partir de plusieurs éléments, dont on sait (souvent de manière empirique) qu'il est fortement corrélé avec une grandeur à prévoir et qui est utilisé pour prévoir cette grandeur.  3, record 5, French, - pr%C3%A9dicteur

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

D'une façon générale, la prévision consiste à passer de données connues (les prédicteurs) à une quantité inconnue au moment de la prévision.  2, record 5, French, - pr%C3%A9dicteur

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Elemento meteorológico, o un índice calculado con varios elementos, que se sabe (a menudo empíricamente) que tiene una correlación alta con la magnitud que se desea predecir y que se utiliza para preverla.  1, record 5, Spanish, - par%C3%A1metro%20predictor

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

In relation to tests or selection tools, the predictor is that which forecasts success on the criterion measure. For example, the score on a typing test supposedly predicts success as a typist.  1, record 6, English, - predictor

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Élément d'information qui a une valeur de prédiction.  1, record 7, French, - indicateur%20pr%C3%A9visionnel

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

There are two parameters that can assist in identifying individuals at risk for infection - predictive factors and confounding factors (Owen & Grier, 1987).  2, record 8, English, - predictive%20factor

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Arm edema in conservatively managed breast cancer : obesity is a major predictive factor. (In Radiology, 1991, 180 (1) 177-184, cited in PASCAL data base.)  3, record 8, English, - predictive%20factor

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 3 CONT

A. Identify individuals at high risk for nosocomial infections (Owen & Grier, 1987) - 1. Assess for predictors. a. Remote site of infection; b. Abdominal or thoracic surgery; c. Surgery longer than 2 hours...  2, record 8, English, - predictive%20factor

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

«prédicteur» : relevé dans les descripteurs d'articles en langue anglaise cités dans la base de données PASCAL.  1, record 8, French, - pr%C3%A9dicteur

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A mechanism for controlling antiaircraft fire by calculating the precise position of an aircraft on arrival of a shell.  2, record 9, English, - predictor

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Dispositif destiné à régler un tir en calculant la position de l'appareil au moment où le projectile l'atteindra.  1, record 9, French, - pr%C3%A9dicteur

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS

predictor detachment.  2, record 10, English, - director

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish