Outrageously Funny Word Dictionary :: Covariates

👉 In statistics and machine learning, "covariates" refers to variables that are not directly measured or observed but have an impact on a dependent variable. These variables can be continuous, categorical, or both. They may include factors such as age, sex, income level, education, occupation, race, religion, etc. These covariates are often used in regression analysis when predicting the outcome variable (dependent variable) based on other independent variables. The goal of regression analysis is to understand how changes

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