dependent variable
noun
: a mathematical variable whose value is determined by that of one or more other variables in a function
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For those interested in statistics, the researchers used beta coefficients, which, in regression analysis, are numbers that represent the strength and direction of the relationship between a predictor (independent variable) and an outcome (dependent variable).
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New Atlas, 15 Dec. 2024
The alleles serve as independent variables which can predict the probable outcome of the dependent variable, the probability of FSGS or H-ESKD in this case (renal failure).
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2010
Trial duration was 60 sec, intertrial interval was 24 hr, and the dependent variable was rate of tongue flicking (a measure of chemosensory investigation).
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2013
In this case, the dependent variable happens to be the pattern of genetic variation, the single nucelotide polymorphisms (SNPs).
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 26 Nov. 2011
The amount of time that passed before an employee approached and acknowledged the confederate served as the dependent variable.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2014
The presence versus absence of smile was the dependent variable.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 23 Sep. 2011
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
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New Atlas, 15 Dec. 2024
The alleles serve as independent variables which can predict the probable outcome of the dependent variable, the probability of FSGS or H-ESKD in this case (renal failure).
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2010
Trial duration was 60 sec, intertrial interval was 24 hr, and the dependent variable was rate of tongue flicking (a measure of chemosensory investigation).
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2013
In this case, the dependent variable happens to be the pattern of genetic variation, the single nucelotide polymorphisms (SNPs).
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 26 Nov. 2011
The amount of time that passed before an employee approached and acknowledged the confederate served as the dependent variable.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2014
The presence versus absence of smile was the dependent variable.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 23 Sep. 2011
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
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“Dependent variable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dependent%20variable. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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