Hello Statalist,

I have a question that I hope is appropriate: I am looking for synonyms to the words "factual" and "counterfactual" that would be more easily understood by a biomedical audience but more accurate that "observed" and "expected".

E.g. I run the following

Code:
reg y x z

*generate factual estimate
predict f_y 


*generate counterfactual estimate
replace x = 0 

predict cf_y
Here, using "observed" in place of "factual" is not quite correct because observed is only the true value of y. Whereas f_y is adjusted for z.



Are there more easily understood but still technically correct terms here?



Thanks!