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The answer depends on the context. A variable can be independent in some studies but dependent in others. Time can be an independent variable in distance-time or speed-time studies but the time (to failure of a component) is a dependent variable.
Perhaps confusingly, the same two variables can swap places depending upon the context. Suppose I believe that healthier people are taller (their growth is less likely to be stunted by illnesses) then my independent variable is some measure of their health and the dependent variable is their height. If instead, I believe that taller people are healthier (their parents must have had good genes) then the independent variable is height and the dependent is health.
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What are the 3 kinds of variables?
independent variable,depedent variable and control variable are the 3 kinds of variables.
What are the three different kinds of variable and describe each?
the three kinds of variables are independent,dependent and controlled
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.
The difference between the independent and dependent variables?
Independent variables are variables that can be changed in an experiment, while dependent variables are variables that change as a result of an experiment. In other words, independent variables are what you change, and dependent variables are the results of the experiment.
Is it easier to control dependent variables than independent variables in a scientific experiment?
It is easier to control independent variables
