AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The outcomes of the treatments or the responses to changes in the independent variables are called the dependent variables, because their values presumably depend on what happens to the independent variables. For example treatments you administer in an experiment constitute levels of the independent variable(s).

Detailed explanation-2: -Dependent variables are the outcome. The IVs explain the variability or causes changes in the DV. Focus on the “depends” aspect. The value of the dependent variable depends on the IVs. If Y depends on X, then Y is the dependent variable.

Detailed explanation-3: -Within applied statistics and research, dependent variables can be measured at a categorical level, an ordinal level, or at a continuous level. Categorical dependent variables are used when the outcome of interest is an event or occurrence.

Detailed explanation-4: -A dependent variable is the variable that changes as a result of the independent variable manipulation. It’s the outcome you’re interested in measuring, and it “depends” on your independent variable. In statistics, dependent variables are also called: Response variables (they respond to a change in another variable)

Detailed explanation-5: -The other name for the dependent variable is the Predicted variable(s). The dependent variables are named as such because they are the values that are predicted or assumed by the predictor / independent variables.