predictor variable

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1. a variable that can be used to predict the value of another variable (as in statistical regression) (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	variable, variable quantity,
definition	:	a quantity that can assume any of a set of values (noun.cognition)

domain category	:	statistics,
definition	:	a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters (noun.cognition)