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See link for the Wikipedia article. The dependent variable is sometimes called response variable, or outcome variable. During what year of school, K thru 12, do kids experience the greatest average change in height (or weight)? You are "manipulating" what year of school a child is in. You aren't making any changes on this-- this is just your independent variable. You are going to measure height change for each child, so a starting and ending measure is needed. Height is the dependent variable.
A dependent variable is what you measure in the experiment and what is affected during the experiment. The dependent variable responds to the independent variable. It is called dependent because it "depends" on the independent variable. In a scientific experiment, you cannot have a dependent variable without an independent variable.
Example: You are interested in how stress affects heart rate in humans. Your independent variable would be the stress and the dependent variable would be the heart rate. You can directly manipulate stress levels in your human subjects and measure how those stress levels change heart rate.
The dependent variable is the one you are interested in. It's the one you are looking at, to see if it changes.
For example:
If I want to see if water evaporates faster when it is hotter, I am changing the independent variable, temperature, and hoping to see a difference in the dependent variable, the rate of water evaporation.
I would be keeping the controlled variable of water volume the same between each repeat of the experiment, because that could inadvertently change the dependent variable, which I don't want.
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Is egg independent variable?
An independent variable is something you CAN change, like the power on a Bunsen burner etc etc. An egg is neither an dependant variable or dependant variable. SO the answer to your question is no.
A variable that does not change as another variable changes-?
The variable that changes due to a change in another variable is known as 'dependant variable".
How is the independent variable and the dependent variable related?
The independent variable is that which the investigator changes, which results in the dependant variable which you then measure.
Is a continuous variable the same as a dependent variable?
definitely not. Dependant variable is a variable that you measure . A controlled variable is something that you keep the same in the experiment.
What is the definition of a dependant varible?
A dependent variable is you expect will be affected by some other variable.
What is the dependant variable in sciences?
The dependant variable is what is tested in an experiment.
What does the independent variable affect when it is changed?
The independent variable sometimes changes the dependant variable, because it is dependant on the other variable. Sometimes the independent variable doesn't change the dependant variable, in which case there is no causation between the two variables.
What variable is effected by the independent variable?
Dependant variable
What is a manipulated variable called?
A dependant variable.
Is a paper cup a dependent variable?
A dependant variable is one that is dependant on something else, e.g if I change the temperature (the independant variable) the rate of reaction increases(the dependant variable). A paper cup is not a variable as it doesn't change in value - it is equipment
Is a manipulative variable the same as an independent variable?
Yup, a manipulative variable is the variable a scientist deliberately changes. This is also called an independent variable.
What is another name for the dependant variable?
the 'y' variable
Variables that do not change in a experiment?
the dependant variable
Is an independent variable the factor that is changed in an experiment?
no, a dependant variable is.
Is egg independent variable?
An independent variable is something you CAN change, like the power on a Bunsen burner etc etc. An egg is neither an dependant variable or dependant variable. SO the answer to your question is no.
What does dependant quantity mean?
A dependent quantity is a variable that is determined by another variable, known as the independent variable. The dependent variable's value depends on the value of the independent variable. This relationship is often represented in a mathematical or statistical model.
What factor that is manipulated in an experiment to change the dependant variable is the what?
the independent variable
