Please use this glossary to familiarise yourself with some of the more technical terms we use on the site

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Dependent variable

The event or value that one attempts to predict when using predictive modelling.

Detailed definition of Dependent variable
Dummy Variable

The creation of a new variable to represent the value from another variable. For example, dummy variables to represent Male & Female could be created from a Gender variable.

Detailed definition of Dummy Variable