Independent influences of residential - environment conditions, represented by factor scores obtained by the earlier analysis, were calculated after excluding the effects of age, sex, marital status, and socioeconomic status. (jech.bmj.com)
MLR (see here and here for information and examples) is a technique of analyzing the contributions of multiple independent influences upon a dependent variable (in this case, temperature). (skepticalscience.com)
The only presidential campaign - derived organization so far with real independent influence started with Howard Dean: Democracy for America directly descends from the citizen - driven movement that tried to put him in the White House twelve years ago. (campaignsandelections.com)