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Free sign upThe phrase "explanatory variable" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in statistical contexts to refer to a variable that is used to explain variations in a dependent variable.
Example: "In our study, the explanatory variable was the amount of study time, which we hypothesized would affect test scores."
Alternatives: "independent variable" or "predictor variable".
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When there are changes, good fishing or bad, he seeks the explanatory variable: Is the water low, cold or cloudy?
Herbivory was not a discriminant explanatory variable.
Age was included as explanatory variable.
The explanatory variable is strategic consistency.
Xint = a vector of explanatory variable.
Another explanatory variable was rainfall minus an abstraction value.
Trend as an explanatory variable is included as needed.
Taxon was highly significant as an explanatory variable.
Household health status was used as the main explanatory variable.
The explanatory variable in this study is SES.
The standardised mortality rate SMR serves as an explanatory variable.
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