covariate
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- noun
- /ˈkoʊvəˌreɪt/
- Specialized
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covariable
- We collected demographic and tobacco-related variables at baseline and included these as covariates in the analysis.
- demographic covariates
- adjusted for covariates
- include covariates
Most of those treat all those covariates in a linear fashion.
- Most of those treat all those covariates in a linear fashion.
- And we have the cohort studies that show an effect when it's when it's long enough and they use appropriate covariates.
- When one talks about the sample complexity of learning, these functions have to do covariate adjustment.
Examples
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In addition, when expressive language was used as a covariate, group differences on all three dependent variables were no longer significant.
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A much larger sample size would be needed to control for this many covariates.
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Most of those treat all those covariates in a linear fashion.
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Table 1 presents each of these covariates and describes the source of the data.
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Multiple imputation was used to fill in missing covariate values and to account for the uncertainty caused by missing data.
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Adjustment for secondary covariates caused very little change to the estimated effects for the treatment variables.
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Finally, we included more comprehensive sets of individual and state-level covariates in addition to state and regional fixed effects and time trends.
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The analyses reported above were repeated, including oral expressive language as a covariate.
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Intriguing associations were found between demographic covariates and peer outcomes.
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The researchers included age and income as covariates in their study to ensure accurate results.
Synonyms
A measured factor that can affect study results and researchers often control it
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word covariate is made of co- meaning 'together' and variate from 'vary' meaning 'to change', like in cooperate and variable. So a covariate is a variable that 'changes together' with others and is used in a study to help control their effect on the results.