determinants
What shapes outcomes
Determinants are factors that decisively influence or determine an outcome: Genetics and environment are the main determinants of health.
The word appears frequently in academic and policy contexts discussing causes or contributing factors.
In mathematics, a determinant is a scalar value calculated from a square matrix, used in solving systems of linear equations and other operations.
Contributors to a result
- driversVehicle operators or motivating forces
- causesBrings into being
- contributorsThose who give help
- variablesChangeable elements in equations
conditions · predictors · indicators · antecedents · precursors · catalysts · triggers · influences
Ordered numerical arrangement
- matricesRectangular numerical arrangements
- linear algebraMathematics of vector spaces
- coefficientsNumerical multipliers in expressions
- variablesChangeable elements in equations
equations · eigenvalues · eigenvectors · inverse · singular · Hessian · systems · rank
Units of heredity
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- allelesVariant forms of genes
genotype · phenotype · traits · inheritance · mutation · genomics · adaptation · genetic markers
Furnish or stock
- demandForceful request or requirement
- priceMonetary value assigned
- market forcesSupply-demand price drivers
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
scarcity · utility · income · preferences · production costs · competition · wages · interest rates
Results of actions taken
- resultsWhat follows from effort
- effectsConsequences or belongings
- performanceCarrying out a task
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
causation · impact · root causes · mechanisms · pathways
Elements increasing adverse outcomes
- lifestylePersonal living pattern
- dietCustomary food consumption
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- environmentExternal conditions affecting life
socioeconomic · stress · exercise · nutrition · access to care · sanitation · education · income inequality
factors
Contributors to a result
- driversVehicle operators or motivating forces
- causesBrings into being
- contributorsThose who give help
variables · conditions · predictors · indicators · antecedents · precursors · catalysts · triggers · influences · correlates
matrix
Ordered numerical arrangement
- matricesRectangular numerical arrangements
- linear algebraMathematics of vector spaces
- coefficientsNumerical multipliers in expressions
variables · equations · eigenvalues · eigenvectors · inverse · singular · Hessian · systems · rank · trace
genes
Units of heredity
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
alleles · genotype · phenotype · traits · inheritance · mutation · genomics · adaptation · genetic markers · epigenetics
supply
Furnish or stock
- demandForceful request or requirement
- priceMonetary value assigned
- market forcesSupply-demand price drivers
elasticity · scarcity · utility · income · preferences · production costs · competition · wages · interest rates · exchange rates
consequences
Results of actions taken
- resultsWhat follows from effort
- effectsConsequences or belongings
- performanceCarrying out a task
achievement · causation · impact · root causes · mechanisms · pathways
risk factors
Elements increasing adverse outcomes
- lifestylePersonal living pattern
- dietCustomary food consumption
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
environment · socioeconomic · stress · exercise · nutrition · access to care · sanitation · education · income inequality · housing
- Engineering Mathcalculus, algebra, linear algebra, differential equations, matrices
- linear algebramatrix, linear equation, vectors, linear function, matrices
- matricestranspose, rows, cells, Hermitian matrices, unitary matrix
- causalitycausation, causality, causal chain, cause, effect
- symbolic mathalgebraic manipulation, simplification, factorization, expansion, substitution
- algebravariables, equations, equation, polynomials, algebraic equations
determinantsconsequences
Results of actions taken
results · outcomes · effects · repercussions · aftermath
determinantsirrelevancies
Unconnected, unimportant matters
incidentals · coincidences · trivialities · red herrings · noise
- social determinantsNon-medical health influences