<p>I am surprised to see that a <code>covariate</code> 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:  <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/66448/should-covariates-that-are-not-statistically-significant-be-kept-in-when-creat">Should covariates that are not statistically significant be &#39;kept in&#39; when creating a model?</a></p>

<p>Note:  <code>covariance</code> 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.</p>

<p>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! ;)</p>
