Talk:Variable

Key variable

"Key variable" as a term sounds ambiguous and very broad compared to the definition given in the text. Perhaps this type of variable should more appropriately be called a "diagnostic variable"? -- Erkki Kuusisto 16:43, 22 January 2008 (EET)
←#(number): : From my point of view a key variable is actually simply an indicator. So would be "diagnostic variable", which as a term sounds neither familiar nor clarifying to me. For simplicity, I suggest discontinue using term "key variable", but instead using indicator or indicator variable as its replacement. --Anna Karjalainen 14:35, 24 April 2008 (EEST)