Guarantees a minimum wage of $8.25 per hour for workers 18 years of age and older; workers under 18 may be paid $.50 per hour less than the adult minimum wage. Credit for tips may not exceed 40% of the applicable minimum wage.
Predictor (common alternate for independent variable that softens the causal language. ) Carrier (mostly in the regression diagnostic literature) X variable (due to common notation) Covariate (strictly speaking this applies to variables that are observed not manipulated)
Independent Variable. In regression, the independent variable is the one that is supposed to explain the other; the term is a synonym for explanatory variable.. Usually, one regresses the dependent variable on the independent variable.. There is not always a clear choice of the independent variable.