Ceteris Paribus |
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| Editor:
| Miller, Frederic P.
Vandome, Agnes F.
John, McBrewster |
| ISBN: | 978-613-0-73210-3 |
| Publication Date: | May 2010 |
| Publisher: | AV Akademikerverlag GmbH & Co. KG
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. C'ter's paribus is a Latin phrase, literally translated as with other things the same, or all other things being equal or held constant. It is commonly rendered in English as all other things being equal. A prediction, or a statement about causal or logical connections between two states of affairs, is qualified by ceteris paribus in order to acknowledge, and...
More DescriptionPlease note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. C'ter's paribus is a Latin phrase, literally translated as with other things the same, or all other things being equal or held constant. It is commonly rendered in English as all other things being equal. A prediction, or a statement about causal or logical connections between two states of affairs, is qualified by ceteris paribus in order to acknowledge, and to rule out, the possibility of other factors that could override the relationship between the antecedent and the consequent. A ceteris paribus assumption is often fundamental to the predictive purpose of scientific inquiry. In order to formulate scientific laws, it is usually necessary to rule out factors which interfere with examining a specific causal relationship. Under scientific experiments, the ceteris paribus assumption is realized when a scientist controls for all of the independent variables other than the one under study, so that the effect of a single independent variable on the dependent variable can be isolated.