A variable that is controlled or manipulated by the researcher May also be known as the independent variable or factor
an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"
1) to divide until no further division (without remainders) can be done -- "The process is called factoring, and the answer is called the prime factorization of the number " (71) 2) number that can divide into another with no remainder -- " in the two numbers being multiplied (called factors) " (126)
If an amount increases by a factor of two, for example, or by a factor of eight, then it becomes two times bigger or eight times bigger. The cost of butter quadrupled and bread prices increased by a factor of five
A financial institution that buys a firm's accounts receivable and collects the accounts
A decimal value reflecting the proportion of the outstanding principal balance of a mortgage security, which changes over time, in relation to its original principal value The Bond Buyer publishes the "Monthly Factor Report," which contains a list of factors for Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac securities
One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, form a product
an independent variable in statistics anything that contributes causally to a result; "a number of factors determined the outcome" any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together resolve into factors; "a quantum computer can factor the number 15