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Figure out your variables. What 2 things are you measuring? Volume? Time? Mass? Behaviour? Whatever they are, you will control one and the other one is out of your control.
The variable you control is the independent variable, the one you don't (the outcome) is the dependent variable. I find it helps to put it into a sentence - only one will make sense...
eg. How drunk I get DEPENDS on how many tequila shots I do.
Drunkness is dependent, the number of tequila shots is controllable and therefore independent.
The number of tequila shots I do depends on how drunk I get doesn't make sense.
The number of guys I get numbers from DEPENDS on how short my skirt is.
Phone numbers are dependent on the controllable shortness of the skirt (independent)
The shortness of my skirt depends on how many phone numbers I get doesn't make sense.
The speed of dissolving DEPENDS on the temperature of the water.
Speed (or time) is dependent on the controllable temperature (independent).
The temperature of the water depends on the speed of dissolving doesn't make sense.
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Is iron and wood is a better thermal conductor to identify independent and dependent variables?
iron is a better thermal conductor but i do not know what you mean by identify independent or dependent variables. in an experiment? i am not sure.
How to identify independent and dependent variables in an experiment?
If changes in one variable do not affect the outcome of another variable, then the second variable is independent. A variable that is not independent is dependent.
What is the differecnce between independent variables and dependent variables?
Every time the independent variables change, the dependent variables change.Dependent variables cannot change if the independent variables didn't change.
13 What is the relation between dependent and independent variables?
Independent variables are those that you change in an experiment. Dependent variables are the ones that you measure in an experiment. Dependent variables are influenced by the independent variables that you change, so they are dependent upon the independent variable. Generally, experiments should have only one independent variable.
How do you identify the independent and dependent variables in a situation?
If one of the variables affects the outcome of the other but not the other way around, then the one that is affected is the dependent and the other is independent.
