DEPENDENT VARIABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dependent variable mean? 

• DEPENDENT VARIABLE (noun)
  The noun DEPENDENT VARIABLE has 1 sense:

1. (statistics) a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value depends on the independent variable

  Familiarity information: DEPENDENT VARIABLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEPENDENT VARIABLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(statistics) a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value depends on the independent variable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

if f(x)=y, y is the dependent variable

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)

 Context examples 

Regression analysis provides a "best-fit" mathematical equation for the relationship between the dependent variable (response) and independent variable(s) (covariates).

(Parametric Regression Method, NCI Thesaurus)

A summation of many products, each being a successive value of a dependent variable y multiplied by a small increment delta x in the value of its independent variable.

(Mathematical Integral, NCI Thesaurus)