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<p>1 revision imported</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{wiktionary|hidden variable}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Hidden variables&#039;&#039;&#039; may refer to:<br /> <br /> * [[Confounding]], in statistics, an extraneous variable in a statistical model that correlates (directly or inversely) with both the dependent variable and the independent variable<br /> * [[Hidden transformation]], in computer science, a way to transform a generic constraint satisfaction problem into a binary one by introducing new hidden variables<br /> * [[Hidden variable theory|Hidden variable theories]], in physics, the proposition that statistical models of physical systems (such as Quantum mechanics) are inherently incomplete, and that the apparent randomness of a system depends not on collapsing wave functions, but rather due to unseen or unmeasurable (and thus &quot;hidden&quot;) variables<br /> ** [[Local hidden variable theory]], in quantum mechanics, a hidden variable theory in which distant events are assumed to have no instantaneous (or at least faster-than-light) effect on local events<br /> * [[Latent variable]]s, in statistics, variables that are inferred from other observed variables<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Hidden dependency]]<br /> <br /> {{disambiguation}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Hidden variables|*]]</div>

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