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Meaning of "dependent variable" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEPENDENT VARIABLE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEPENDENT VARIABLE

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Dependent variable is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEPENDENT VARIABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dependent and independent variables

Variables used in an experiment or modelling can be divided into three types: "dependent variable", "independent variable", or other. The "dependent variable" represents the output or effect, or is tested to see if it is the effect. The "independent variables" represent the inputs or causes, or are tested to see if they are the cause. Other variables may also be observed for various reasons.

Definition of dependent variable in the English dictionary

The definition of dependent variable in the dictionary is a variable in a mathematical equation or statement whose value depends on that taken on by the independent variable. Other definition of dependent variable is the variable measured by the experimenter. It is controlled by the value of the independent variable, of which it is an index.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEPENDENT VARIABLE

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dependability
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dependably
dependance
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dependancy
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dependence
dependencies
dependency
dependency allowance
dependency grammar
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dependently
dependingly
depeople
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WORDS THAT END LIKE DEPENDENT VARIABLE

able
amiable
appreciable
depreciable
diable
enviable
identifiable
insatiable
justifiable
liable
modifiable
negotiable
notifiable
pliable
reliable
sociable
undeniable
unreliable
variable
verifiable
viable

Synonyms and antonyms of dependent variable in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «dependent variable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEPENDENT VARIABLE

Find out the translation of dependent variable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dependent variable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dependent variable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

因变量
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

variable dependiente
570 millions of speakers

English

dependent variable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निर्भर चर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المتغير التابع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

зависимой переменной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

variável dependente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নির্ভরশীল পরিবর্তনশীল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

variable dépendante
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pembolehubah bergantung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

abhängige Variable
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

従属変数
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

종속 변수
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Variabel gumantung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

biến phụ thuộc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சார்பு மாறி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अवलंबून परिवर्तनशील
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bağımlı değişken
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

variabile dipendente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zmienna zależna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

залежною змінною
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

variabilă dependentă
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

εξαρτημένη μεταβλητή
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af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afhanklike veranderlike
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Translator English - Swedish

beroende variabel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avhengig variabel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dependent variable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEPENDENT VARIABLE»

The term «dependent variable» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.431 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEPENDENT VARIABLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dependent variable

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEPENDENT VARIABLE»

Discover the use of dependent variable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dependent variable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Investigating Welfare State Change: The 'dependent Variable ...
By discussing the most salient aspects of the 'dependent variable problem', this work offers suggestions as to how the problem might be tackled within empirical cross-national analyses of modern welfare states.
Jochen Clasen, Nico A. Siegel, 2007
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Analysis of Panels and Limited Dependent Variable Models
This important collection brings together leading econometricians to discuss recent advances in the areas of the econometrics of panel data. The papers in this collection can be grouped into two categories.
Cheng Hsiao, M. Hashem Pesaran, Kajal Lahiri, 1999
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Limited-Dependent and Qualitative Variables in Econometrics
This book presents the econometric analysis of single-equation and simultaneous-equation models in which the jointly dependent variables can be continuous, categorical, or truncated.
G. S. Maddala, 1983
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The Basics of Social Research
Essentially, an experiment examines the effect of an independent variable on a dependent variable. Typically, the independent variable takes the form of an experimental stimulus, which is either present or absent. That is, the stimulus is a  ...
Earl Babbie, 2007
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Research Methods in Political Science
Intervening and Antecedent Variables In political research, we ordinarily focus on the effects of the independent variable on the dependent variable. What effect, for example, does education have on political tolerance? However, there are ...
Michael Le Roy, 2012
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Research Methods in Health Promotion
an ordered categorical dependent variable—usually called an ordinal variable. This ordered categorical dependent variable would assume the form of a hierarchy or gradient. For example, in a study designed to test the effects of a stress ...
Richard A. Crosby, Ralph J. DiClemente, Laura F. Salazar, 2011
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Studying a Study and Testing a Test: How to Read the Medical ...
Ordinal Independent Variable When an investigation includes a nominal dependent variable and ordinal independent data, the ordinal independent data needs to be converted to nominal data. Remember that ordinal data with multiple  ...
‎2005
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Basics of Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology
Essentially, an experiment examines the effect of an independent variable on a dependent variable. Typically the independent variable takes the form of an experimental stimulus that is either present or absent—that is, having two attributes.
Michael Maxfield, Earl Babbie, 2008
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Missing Data
Some authors have recommended against imputing missing data on the dependent variable (Cohen & Cohen, 1985). To follow this advice, we would have to delete any cases with missing data on the dependent variable before beginning the ...
Paul D. Allison, 2002
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Canadian Essentials of Nursing Research
The presumed cause is called the independent variable, and the presumed effect is called the dependent variable. Variation in the dependent variable is presumed to depend on variation in the independent variable. For example, researchers ...
Joanne Profetto-McGrath, Denise F. Polit, Cheryl Tatano Beck, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEPENDENT VARIABLE»

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Addressing the Skills Gap for Students and Young Adults
A level 4 question (the highest level for numeracy) asks students to interpret a stacked bar graph with percentages as the dependent variable ... «Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, Jul 15»
2
Global Jackup Rig Market Report 2015 Industry Analysis & 2017 …
Before deploying the regression model, the relationship between several independent or predictor variables and the dependent variable was ... «Digital Journal, Jul 15»
3
Odds of a Bear Market Highest Since 2007
A probit is a regression whereby the dependent variable can only take 2 values, in this case recession or not. Essentially it looks for variables ... «Barron's, Jul 15»
4
Study: Relationship with God gives life meaning
Drawing from a national 2007 Baylor religion survey of 1,648 American adults, Jung's dependent variable was based on respondents' level of ... «Daily American Online, Jul 15»
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Global Dialysis Industry 2015 - Market Size, Share, Growth Drivers …
Before deploying the regression model, the relationship between several independent or predictor variables and the dependent variable was ... «SYS-CON Media, Jul 15»
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Cortisol and testosterone increase financial risk taking and may …
... as dependent variable, we found a significant interaction between pre-administration salivary cortisol levels and cortisol treatment (P < 0.05). «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Oral health behaviors and bacterial transmission from mother to …
... we used separate, unconditional, binary, multivariable logistic regression models: one of the health practices served as a dependent variable ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
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What Factors Can Drive Hyatt's Stock Value?
... we ran a regression analysis on the data from 2007 to 2014 with hotel RevPAR (revenue per available room) as the dependent variable and ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
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Furthermore, we used the presence of a current alcohol-related disorder (alcohol abuse or dependence) as a dependent variable in a subset of ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
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Life events and chronic physical conditions among left-behind …
The modeling used “any CPC” as the dependent variable (valued as “0” if no chronic physical conditions were reported and “1” if at least one ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jun 15»

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