The phrase "as a continuous explanatory" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be an attempt to describe something that provides ongoing explanation, but the wording is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The report serves as a continuous explanatory of the project's progress and challenges."
Alternatives: "as an ongoing explanation" or "as a constant clarification".
In the current study, instead of a categorical grouping variable, item position will be used as a continuous, explanatory variable to predict whether there is any relationship between item difficulty and the varying positions of the items on the test.
The GSS as a continuous explanatory variable yielded the odds ratio of 1.06 (95% CI = 1.04 to 1.08) for metabolic syndrome.
Adjustment for the easting as a continuous explanatory variable could not be evaluated.
The trend over time was examined by modeling year as a continuous explanatory variable.
As a determinant for FM counting patterns, gestational age was included as a continuous explanatory variable in the analyses.
A final exact logistic regression model including easting as a continuous explanatory variable could not be fit.
Glycaemia was included as either a continuous explanatory variable or a categorical variable.
For each binary hearing-related outcome variable we used the following model testing procedure: In a first model, occupational noise index was analysed as a single continuous explanatory variable with the hearing-related symptom as a binary outcome variable.
Age was included as a continuous discrete explanatory variable and sex was included as a categorical binomial explanatory variable.
Maturity state was introduced as a binary dependent variable, age and length were considered as continuous explanatory variables and cohort group (Cg) as a factor.
In order to assess for trends in survival over time, before and after the introduction of the protective ventilation, logistic regression analyses was performed for each time period with hospital survival as the dependent variable and calendar year as the continuous explanatory variable.
