(statistics) A binary variable whose value of 0 or 1 indicates which category an individual falls into.

(statistics) A binary variable that takes a value of 0 or 1 to indicate which category an individual falls into.

plural of dummy variable

plural of latent variable

(statistics) A variable that is not directly measured but is inferred by means of a mathematical model from one or more directly observed variables.

plural of Bernoulli variable

Any variable that is part of a Bernoulli process.

plural of environment variable

(sciences) A factor that is held constant in a series of experiments in which other factors are varied

(astronomy) Any of a class of pulsating variable stars characterized by very red colours, pulsation periods longer than 100 days, and amplitudes greater than one magnitude in infrared and 2.5 magnitude at visual wavelengths.