Dear friends, I undestand that a lurking variable has an important effect on the relationship among the variables in a study, but is not included among the variables studied but....
I am trying to translate this to Portuguese (to use with my students!) and I would like to know if there is a synonim for "lurking variable" in English? Thanks for any help :) V. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Prof. J. C. VOLTOLINI Grupo de Estudos em Ecologia de Mamiferos - ECOMAM Universidade de Taubate - Departamento de Biologia Praca do Bom Conselho 63, Taubate, SP. CEP 12030-010. Tel: 0XX12 - 2254165 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
