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Recent Examples on the Web Vaccine uptake is the dependent variable and trust in EU institutions is the independent variable. — Lutz Finger, Forbes, 6 May 2021 But hoarding is a dependent variable, as the economists would say, while the independent variable, that is, the factor causing the hoarding, was supply uncertainty or more prosaically, fear. — Michael Lynch, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021 By making the level of interest rates a dependent variable, Volcker bought himself a little political cover. — Roger Lowenstein, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2019 That absolute value became their dependent variable, the thing that changed over time. — Adam Rogers, WIRED, 12 Mar. 2018

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“Dependent variable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dependent%20variable. Accessed 23 Jun. 2021.

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