Associations to the word «Predictor»

Wiktionary

PREDICTOR, noun. Something that anticipates, predicts or foretells.
PREDICTOR, noun. An independent variable.
PREDICTOR VARIABLE, noun. (mathematics) An independent variable that may be used to predict the value of another, especially in statistical regression

Dictionary definition

PREDICTOR, noun. Someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge).
PREDICTOR, noun. Information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events; "the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance".
PREDICTOR, noun. A computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival.

Wise words

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