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conflation
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A variable does not belong to the attribute in question, but to a different one (Munck & Verkuilen, 2002, pp. 13–14)
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dependent variable
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Is dependent through some statistical or stochastic process on the value of an independent variable
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democracy
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A system in which the population chooses and holds accountable elected representatives through fair, free, and contested, multi-party elections. The human rights, civil rights, and civil liberties of individuals are protected by law
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independent variable
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Influences or helps us predict the level of a dependent variable. It is often treated as fixed, or “given” in statistical analysis, and is sometimes also called “explanatory variable”
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redundancy
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Two or more variables measure the same sub-attribute (Munck & Verkuilen, 2002, p. 13)
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