The independent variable is along the bottom or horizontal or x axis. The dependent variable is up the left hand side or vertical or y axis
The dependent variable.
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If the only variable is y then a graph will be a straight line along the x axis, because for every value of x, y is the same.If there is another variable other than y, then you can still plot that variable along the x axis.
If it is called the "y-axis", that means it refers to variable "y".
The independent variable is along the bottom or horizontal or x axis. The dependent variable is up the left hand side or vertical or y axis
The dependent variable.
By convention, the variable that is changed (the independent variable) is displayed along the horizontal or x-axis. The variable that is measured (the dependent variable) is plotted along the vertical or y-axis. A responding variable is a dependent variable and would go along the y axis
The manipulated variable, also known as the independent variable, is typically plotted along the x-axis of a graph. This variable is controlled by the experimenter and is used to observe its effect on the responding variable, which is usually plotted on the y-axis.
It tells you the rate of change of the variable mapped along the vertical axis relative to the change in the variable mapped along the horizontal axis.
X goes on the x-axis, and y goes on the y-axis....
If there is an independent variable, then that is usually plotted along the x-axis. But there need not be one.
The manipulated variable is your independent variable. This gets plotted along the x-axis on a graph, and your dependent variable gets plotted along the y axis. Example- think of a velocity-time graph (physics), or a dose-response graph (pharmacology). The variable you are able to control (like time or dose) is your manipulated variable, and the variable whose value is contingent on how you manipulate the first is your dependent variable (drug response etc.)
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The variable plotted along the horizontal (x) axis is termed the independent variable. The variable plotted along the vertical (y) axis is termed the dependent variable. Usually equations of curves are given in the form y = f(x) meaning that the y value is dependent on the x value.
When a function is graphed, the dependent variable is usually measured along the y-axis. This is because y is the function of x.
When a function is graphed, the dependent variable is usually measured along the y-axis. This is because y is the function of x.