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st: RE: RE: Fw: ok to include the denominator of ratio dep var as an independent var too?


From   "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: RE: RE: Fw: ok to include the denominator of ratio dep var as an independent var too?
Date   Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:50:17 -0000

The Statalist language police (internal affairs) 
in the persona of Marcello "nice cop" Pagano queried
this one, so I double checked, as I should have 
done before firing off. 

I find, in terms of etymology, that -explanans-
and -explanandum- are valid alternatives to -explicans-
and -explicandum-. I also find on the evidence of Google
counts that the former are much more widely used 
than the latter. 

So, sorry, I was wrong here, although I cling to a very tenuous
suspicion that the point may reflect differences
between British Latin and American Latin. 

Nick 
[email protected] 

Nick Cox
 
> From an etymological point of view: I think the usual 
> terms are explicandum and explicans, or in English 
> what is to be explained and what is offered as 
> explanation. Your point is valid; this is just 
> an automated reply from Statalist language police 
> (Latin section). 
> 

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