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"Key variable" as a term sounds ambiguous and very broad compared to the definition given in the text. Perhaps this type of variable should more appropriately be called a "diagnostic variable"? -- [[User:Erkki Kuusisto|Erkki Kuusisto]] 16:43, 22 January 2008 (EET) | "Key variable" as a term sounds ambiguous and very broad compared to the definition given in the text. Perhaps this type of variable should more appropriately be called a "diagnostic variable"? -- [[User:Erkki Kuusisto|Erkki Kuusisto]] 16:43, 22 January 2008 (EET)<br> | ||
{{defend|#(number): |From my point of view a key variable is actually simply an indicator. So would be "diagnostic variable", which as a term sounds neither familiar nor clarifying to me. For simplicity, I suggest discontinue using term "key variable", but instead using indicator or indicator variable as its replacement. |--[[User:Anna Karjalainen|Anna Karjalainen]] 14:35, 24 April 2008 (EEST)}} | |||
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Key variable
"Key variable" as a term sounds ambiguous and very broad compared to the definition given in the text. Perhaps this type of variable should more appropriately be called a "diagnostic variable"? -- Erkki Kuusisto 16:43, 22 January 2008 (EET)
←--#(number):: . From my point of view a key variable is actually simply an indicator. So would be "diagnostic variable", which as a term sounds neither familiar nor clarifying to me. For simplicity, I suggest discontinue using term "key variable", but instead using indicator or indicator variable as its replacement. --Anna Karjalainen 14:35, 24 April 2008 (EEST) (type: truth; paradigms: science: defence)