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Variate vs Covariate - What's the difference?

variate | covariate |

As nouns the difference between variate and covariate

is that variate is a measurable quantity capable of taking on a number of values while covariate is a variable that is possibly predictive of the outcome under study.

As a verb variate

is to alter; or vary; to make different.

variate

English

(wikipedia variate)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A measurable quantity capable of taking on a number of values.
  • A variable, often the set of x values plotted on a graph.

    • See also

    * variable * bivariate * multivariate * univariate * variate in Wolfram - Mathworld

    Verb

    (variat)
  • To alter; or vary; to make different.
    • ----

    covariate

    English

    (wikipedia covariate)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (statistics) A variable that is possibly predictive of the outcome under study.
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    • , passage=On the basis of these analogies, any inference of a population structure driven by selective sweeps would require good longitudinal data from natural bacterial populations, as well as observations of episodic crashes in diversity causally associated with genetic changes and not associated with changes in ecological covariates . }}

    Related terms

    * covary * covariance