It is easy to visualize a response surface with one input factor X and one output factor Y. It becomes harder as more factors and responses are added. The profilers in JMP provide a number of highly interactive cross-sectional views of any response surface. In this guide we use the following terms interchangeably.
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factor, input variable, X column, independent variable, setting, term
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response, output variable, Y column, dependent variable, outcome
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