Variable Health Dictionary

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Variable: From 2 Different Sources

Any quantity that varies. Any attribute, phenomenon or event that can have different values.
Health Source: Community Health
Author: Health Dictionary
n. (in statistics) any characteristic (e.g. age, lifestyle, or habit) relating to an individual or group that can take a number of different values. Categorical or qualitative variables are descriptive characteristics, such as sex, race, or occupation; quantitative variables relate to a numerical scale and are subdivided into discrete variables, found only at fixed points (e.g. number of children), and continuous variables, found at any point on a scale (e.g. weight). See also confounding; correlation.
Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin

Confounding Variable

A variable or fact that confuses a result. A confounder distorts the ability to attribute cause to a treatment, for example, because it is likely something else is confusing the result.... confounding variable

Continuous Data (variable)

See “data”.... continuous data (variable)

Dependent Variable

In a statistical analysis, the outcome variable(s) or the variable(s) whose values are a function of, or dependent on the effect of other variable(s) (called independent variables) in the relationship under study.... dependent variable

Independent Variable

A variable that precedes, influences or predicts the dependent variable.... independent variable

Variable Positive Airways Pressure

see BiPAP.... variable positive airways pressure

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