noun
latent variable
Technical term used in statistics, machine learning, and social sciences for a variable that is not directly observed but inferred from other variables.
因子分析では、潜在変数が観測変数に影響を与えると仮定する。
In factor analysis, it is assumed that latent variables influence observed variables.
このモデルは複数の潜在変数を含んでいる。
This model includes several latent variables.