On 26 Sep 2002 15:05:59 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (VOLTOLINI) wrote: > 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?
Check: google.com gives me 687 hits for "lurking variable" . Maybe those will give you a further suggestions of what to translate it to. I agree with earlier posts that warned against "hidden" and "latent". Those have been used in other places as particular jargon, and I don't think they have the right connotations, either. -- Rich Ulrich, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pitt.edu/~wpilib/index.html . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
