# Please create tag covariate

I am surprised to see that a covariate tag does not yet exist, as it would be more applicable than any of the other tags I had to settle for when posting this question: Should covariates that are not statistically significant be 'kept in' when creating a model?

Note: covariance exists, but does not seem to be a match at all, as it does not distinguish between IVs that are in or not in a model.

Side note: I am tagging this as a feature request, since I am asking for a change, but it's a tiny feature request...which could be implemented by any one of many, many site users! ;)

• I feel obliged to point out here that covariance is not remotely the same thing as a covariate. That they are different concepts has nothing to do w/ whether any given IV is or is not in a model. – gung - Reinstate Monica Aug 4 '13 at 0:15
• @gung I completely agree. That's exactly why I did not want to use "covariance", the closest tag that appeared when I started to type "covariate". – A.M. Aug 4 '13 at 0:34