It depends on what you are looking at. If you want to look at changes in variable Y when a variable X is changed, then X is the independent variable and Y is the dependent. But if you want to look at changes in X which accompany changes in Y, then Y is the independent variable and X is the dependent.
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The independent variable is the variable that is altered by the scientist, and the dependent variable's value is dependent on the value of the independent variable.
Independent variable=Group that receives the variable.This group is needed to compare our results.
Dependent variable= What we measure in the experiment.
is dependent on the independent variable
Free from outside control means Independent . While dependent Is opposite.
dependent variable
The independent variable.
The independent variable is the value being manipulated or changed, while the dependent variable is the observed result of the independent variable being manipulated. "IF" you change the independent variable, "THEN" what happens to the dependent variable?