noun
random effect
Technical term in statistics, used in models such as mixed-effects models to account for variability from randomly sampled groups or individuals.
このモデルでは、被験者を変量効果として扱った。
In this model, subjects were treated as random effects.
Fixed effect, the counterpart to random effect in statistical modeling; fixed effects estimate specific levels, while random effects estimate variance components.
Compound of 変量 (へんりょう, 'variable') and 効果 (こうか, 'effect'), directly translating the English statistical term 'random effect'.