The phrase 'the latter variable' is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to refer to the second of two things that have been mentioned earlier in the same sentence or conversation. For example: "The first variable is X, and the latter variable is Y."
This finding adds to work showing a dissociation between measures of mean RT and within-person variability from the same task, with the latter variable being sensitive to possible neuropathology [28] and mild psychopathology [31], [32].
The latter variable doesn't usually come into play, but in 1968, it did.
The day's length is closely correlated with temperature, of course, but the latter variable varies from year to year.
The latter variable moderated the Desire for Contact but not the Desire for Culture Adoption main effect.
The latter variable may be eliminated in some of the formulations, depending on the structure of the constitutive equations.
The interaction effect between current and distance between electrodes is relatively important as compared to the individual effect of the latter variable.
Nevertheless, the latter variable explained a large part of the variance of depression scores, while initial affective symptoms explained no more than 6%.
Moreover, if temperature measures are combined with the length of the day -- regressions (5) and (6) -- the latter variable loses its statistical significance, although the sign of the coefficient is still negative.
Other in situ results indicated a quadratic effect of LA on the effective rumen degradability of substrates whereby the latter variable was decreased from CTR to TRT1 but increased for TRT2 substrate.
The latter variable, introduced in the beginning of Sect.
The latter variable is the most relevant for explaining level two variance of grade repetition.
