The crime is murder in these novels, and the plots include accessories such as floor plans, maps, and railway timetables. The appeal of Golden Age fiction is the challenge of the intellectual game.
exogenous variables. (mathematics). In a mathematical model, the independent variables, which are predetermined and given outside the model. 1  Facebook. 2  Twitter.
In experimental studies, where the independent variables are imposed and manipulated, the dependent variable is the variable thought to be changed or influenced by the independent variable. Example: study title: Effects of a new tooth paste (YummyTooth) on incidence of caries in 1st grade children. is the independent variable and Y is the dependent variable-the outcome, and Z is the type of subjects represented. A simple example would be: The effects of tomatoes on risk of prostate cancer in Scandinavian men.