"ratio variable" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ratio variables [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ratio variable (plural ratio variables)
  1. (statistics) A variable with the features of interval variable and, additionally, whose any two values have meaningful ratio, making the operations of multiplication and division meaningful. Categories (topical): Statistics Hypernyms: cardinal variable Related terms: ratio scale Coordinate_terms: categorical variable, nominal variable, interval variable Translations (ratio variable): poměrová veličina [feminine] (Czech), poměrová proměnná [feminine] (Czech), suhdeasteikollinen muuttuja (Finnish), tagwaying aligin (Tagalog)

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