The dependent variable changes as a result of changes in the independent variable.
Put another way,
The Independent Variable is manipulated, and is known as the changed variable.
The Dependent Variable is responding, and is known as the result.
Example : In an experiment to test the effect of heating on evaporation, the various temperatures would be the independent variable, which will be changed by the experimenter. The amount of water that evaporates in a given time is the dependent variable, which is the data sought in the experiment.
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independent variable is the one you control. the dependent variable depends on the indepdendent variable (the results). on the graph independent in on the bottom and dependent is on the side
An independent variable is when you do not control what happens In an experiment,however; a dependent variable is when you actually control the experiment,
An independent variable can be any of a given set of values while a dependent variable is represented as a function of another variable.
The independent variable is the variable being manipulated in the experiment in order to show the effect on the dependent variable. It is also called the experimental variable.The dependent variable is the variable being observed in the experiment. Changes in the dependent variable as a result of changes in the independent variable are observed, which is the purpose of the experiment. Dependent variable is also called the response variable.
For example in the sraight line equation of y = 2x+6 it is y that is the dependent variable because its value is determined by the independent variable of x