The phrase "as an intermediate variable" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to research, statistics, or scientific discussions where a variable is acting as a mediator between two other variables.
Example: "In our study, we identified temperature as an intermediate variable that influences the relationship between humidity and plant growth."
Alternatives: "as a mediating variable" or "as a transitional variable".
Net Primary Production NPPP) was selected as an intermediate variable to measure the impacts of driving forces and desertification grades.
In this structure, there are two different causal routes from X to Y a direct causal relationship and an indirect relationship with Z as an intermediate variable.
A permutation matrix is introduced as an intermediate variable to be solved by using a deterministic annealing and the barrier method.
'Scale' is defined as an intermediate variable in the calculation process to count the number of the three mappings, which represents the bit following the previous output bit in steps I and II.
In this study, we show that the adsorbent dose in the SR equation can be eliminated as an intermediate variable and the initial concentration effect on NOM adsorption is then described explicitly.
In addition, one of the directed paths includes cancer stage at diagnosis as an intermediate variable.
Rothman and Greenland [ 37] suggested that any factor that could be a step in the causal chain between exposure and disease should be treated not as a confounder but as a mediator (an intermediate variable).
In this sense, adiposity could be considered as a confounder or an intermediate variable.
The proposed observer structure, via an intermediate variable as estimated variable, is able to recover the previous observer results for TS descriptors.
For our analysis we did not adjust for socioeconomic status, as we felt it was an intermediate variable in the causal pathway between immigrant status and outcomes of interest.
However, we chose not to adjust for BMI at age 13 in main analyses, as childhood BMI may be an intermediate variable on the causal pathway between birth weight and MD.
