Topic summary
Regressor
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Dependent and independent variables.
Synonyms
Depending on the context, an independent variable is sometimes called a "predictor variable", "regressor", "covariate", "manipulated variable", "explanatory variable", "exposure variable" (see reliability theory), "risk factor" (see medical statistics), "feature" (in machine learning and pattern recognition) or "input variable". In econometrics, the term "control variable" is usually used instead of "covariate".