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DEPENDENT VARIABLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(statistics) a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value depends on the independent variable
Example:
if f(x)=y, y is the dependent variable
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("dependent variable" is a kind of...):
variable; variable quantity (a quantity that can assume any of a set of values)
Domain category:
statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)
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