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Variable

For Variable we have terms and definitions in 19 topics. The topics are Anthromorphemics, Anthropology, Auto Loan, Computing and Social Science, Data Management, Developmental Psychology, Finance, Food, Food and Health, Java, Linux, Red Hat, Marketing, Math, Medical Education, Non-Profit Accountability, Sociology, Statistics, Teacher Evaluation and Technology.



Variable (Anthromorphemics)

Any property that may be displayed in different forms.


Variable (Anthropology)

Any property that may be displayed in different forms.


Variable (Auto Loan)

Rate


Variable (Computing and Social Science)

In social science research, for each unit of analysis , each item of data (e.g., age of person, income of family, consumer price index) is called a variable.


Variable (Data Management)

Computer talk for a question which can have one answer. A question which allows multiple answers will have one variable for each possible answer.


Variable (Developmental Psychology)

Anything changeable; especially, a quality or quantity that varies or may vary.


Variable (Finance)

An element in a model. For example, in the model RS&Pt+1 = a + b Tbillt + et, where RS&Pt+1 is the return on the S&P in month t+1 and Tbill is the Tbill return at month t, both RS&P and Tbill are "variables" because they change through time; i.e., they are not constant.


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Variable (Food)

Y characteristic that may vary in study subjects, such as gender, age, body weight, diet, behavior, attitude or other attribute. an experiment, the treatment is called the independent variable; it is the factor being investigated. e variable that is influenced by the treatment is the dependent variable; it may change as a result of the effect of the independent variable.


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Variable (Food and Health)

Any characteristic that may vary in study subjects, such as gender, age, body weight, diet, behavior, attitude or other attribute. In an experiment, the treatment is called the independent variable; it is the factor being investigated. The variable that is influenced by the treatment is the dependent variable; it may change as a result of the effect of the independent variable.


Variable (Java)

An item of data named by an identifier. Each variable has a type, such as int or Object, and a scope. See also class variable, instance variable, local variable.


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Variable (Linux, Red Hat)

1.
The condition of an object (such as a file, value, or state) that can change at any time, increasing the functionality and flexibility of data.
2.
Setting or parameter defined in shell environments when a user logs into a system or a developer compiles a program for a certain computing environments.


Variable (Marketing)

Any characteristic that can be measured on each unit of the population.


Variable (Math)

A letter or symbol used to represent an unknown set of numbers.


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Variable (Medical Education)

A quantity, attribute, phenomenon or event that may assume any one of a set of values:

Independent variable refers to a characteristic being observed or measured that is thought to influence an event or manifestation (the dependent variable) within the defined area of relationships under study. In medical education, it is a factor that could explain or predict the curriculum's outcomes such as the curriculum itself, previous or concurrent training, environmental factors.

Dependent variable is a manifestation or outcome whose variation we seek to explain or account for the influence of independent variables. It can be a program outcome, such as knowledge or skill attainment, real-life performance, and clinical outcomes.

It is prudent to focus on a few dependent variables that are most relevant to the main evaluation questions and similarly, to focus on the independent variables that are most likely to be related to the curriculum's outcomes.


Variable (Non-Profit Accountability)

Any entity that can take on different values. See also:Dependent Variable, Independent Variable


Variable (Sociology)

A characteristic that varies in value or magnitude along which an object, individual or group may be categorized, such as income or age.


Variable (Statistics)

An observable characteristic of a phenomenon that can be measured or classified.


Variable (Teacher Evaluation)

A behavior, characteristic, or event that can change in value from one context to another or over time, or from one individual or group to another (e.g., gender, fluency in a second language, course units completed, test scores, years of teaching experience). See Input Variables, Outcome Variables, Process Variable.


Variable (Technology)

In programming, a named storage location capable of containing data that can be modified during program execution. See also data structure, data type, global variable, local variable. Compare constant.




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