endogeneity.

1. Origin, production or determination within the system under consideration rather than solely outside it.

2. A condition in which a predictor is associated with the model’s error term in a way that violates the required estimation assumptions.

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Words that belong together

• endogeneity of preferences
• endogenous change

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The theory addressed the endogeneity of preferences rather than treating them as permanently fixed inputs.

Endogeneity of the change depended on how the analyst drew the system’s boundary.

Usage notes

Primary category: science / research / methodology. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: method specification, measurement critique, model interpretation, qualification. Disciplines: research methods, statistics, experimental design. Commonness: uncommon.