EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -A dependent variable is the variable being tested and measured in a scientific experiment. The dependent variable is ‘dependent’ on the independent variable. As the experimenter changes the independent variable, the effect on the dependent variable is observed and recorded.

Detailed explanation-2: -* Dependent Variable-responding variable, is the factor that may change as a result of changes made in the independent variable. It is the variable being measured.

Detailed explanation-3: -The independent variable is the variable the experimenter manipulates or changes and is assumed to directly affect the dependent variable. For example, allocating participants to drug or placebo conditions (independent variable) to measure any changes in the intensity of their anxiety (dependent variable).

Detailed explanation-4: -The independent variable is the factor that you purposely change or control in order to see what effect it has. The variable that responds to the change in the independent variable is called the dependent variable. It depends on the independent variable. The independent variable is graphed on the x-axis.