Dependent Variable

A Dependent Variable is a Random Variable in relation to another Random Variable (Independent Variable) that it may be dependent on.

• AKA: Dependent Random Variable, Response, Response Variable.
• Context:
  • It can be specified in a Statistical Model that is based on a Statistical Experiment.
• See: Variable

References

• http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dependent_variable
  • dependent variable (plural dependent variables)
    • 1. (algebra) In an equation, the variable whose value depends on one or more variables in the equation. In the equation z = x2 + y, z is the dependent variable.
    • 2. In sciences, an outcome measured to see the effectiveness of the treatment.