independent variable

independent variable

n.

1. Mathematics A variable whose value determines the value of other variables.

2. Statistics A manipulated variable in an experiment or study whose presence or degree determines the change in the dependent variable.

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independent variable

n

1. (Mathematics) Also called: argument a variable in a mathematical equation or statement whose value determines that of the dependent variable: in y = f(x), x is the independent variable

2. (Statistics) statistics Also called: predictor the variable which an experimenter deliberately manipulates in order to observe its relationship with some other quantity, or which defines the distinct conditions in an experiment. See also experimental condition

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in′depend′ent var′iable

n.

a variable in a functional relation whose value determines the value or values of other variables, as x in the relation y= 3x².

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in·de·pen·dent variable

(ĭn′dĭ-pĕn′dənt)

Mathematics

A variable whose value determines the value of other variables. For example, in the function y = x - 4, x is the independent variable because its value determines the value of y.

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Noun

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independent variable - (statistics) a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables experimental variable variable quantity, variable - a quantity that can assume any of a set of values factor - an independent variable in statistics 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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