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What is the word commonly used in statistics when the thing that you want to measure cannot be (or was not) measured directly, so you assume that another thing that can be (or was) measured gives a...
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2019-12-08T11:07:20Z (over 4 years ago)
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2019-12-08T11:07:20Z (over 4 years ago)
What is the word commonly used in statistics when the thing that you want to measure cannot be (or was not) measured directly, so you assume that another thing that can be (or was) measured gives an estimate of the frequency of the thing that you want to measure? For a (silly) example: You are interested in knowing how many Roman Catholics were in the survey but that question was not asked. Number of children in family was asked, so you use that figure as a (silly, I know) basis for inferring RC status, say when x\>4. I am pretty sure there is a term of art for this, something like token, substitute, stand-in, but can’t seem to recall it.
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2019-03-03T17:45:31Z (about 5 years ago)
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