The crime is murder in these novels, and the plots include accessories such as floor plans, maps, and railway timetables. The appeal of Golden Age fiction is the challenge of the intellectual game.
exogenous variables. (mathematics). In a mathematical model, the independent variables, which are predetermined and given outside the model. 1  Facebook. 2  Twitter.
Independent variable. An independent variable is used in statistics to predict or explain a dependent variable. For example, Age and Gender might be used as independent variables to predict the age of death or life expectancy (dependent variables). In experimental designs, the independent variables are manipulated by the researcher (e.g., different dosages of a drug).