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Observable variable

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In statistics, observable variables or manifest variables, as opposed to latent variables, are those variables that can be observed and directly measured.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Dodge, Y. (2003) The Oxford Dictionary of Statistical Terms, OUP. ISBN 0-19-920613-9