sihtmuutuja
The term "sihtmuutuja" is a Finnish word that translates directly to "target variable" or "dependent variable" in English. It is commonly used in statistics, machine learning, and data analysis to refer to the variable that a model or analysis aims to predict or explain. The sihtmuutuja is the outcome of interest, and its value is hypothesized to be influenced by other variables, known as predictor variables or independent variables.
In predictive modeling, the goal is to build a model that can accurately estimate the sihtmuutuja based
Similarly, in statistical hypothesis testing, researchers often formulate hypotheses about the relationship between a sihtmuutuja and