Statistics for the Terrified: Glossary
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Independent variable:
A term used in linefitting for the x-axis variable, also more informatively called
the predictor variable.
Intercept:
One of two parameters estimated when fitting a line through pairs of data
(such as height and weight), the intercept is the point at which the line
crosses the y-axis).
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