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Dependent Variable

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Dependent variable
Term used in regression analysis to represent the element or condition that is dependent on values of one or more other independent variables.

dependent variable
A variable affected by another variable or by a certain event. For example, because a stock's price is affected by dividend payments, earnings projections, interest rates, and many other things, stock price is a dependent variable. Compare independent variable.

Dependent Variable
In technical analysis, a variable whose value is determined by the value of other variable(s), but plays no part in determining the value of those other variable(s). For example, if a product's price is determined by some equation involving the product's supply and its demand, the price is the dependent variable because the price does not affect the supply or demand.


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The first activity model using CAHAI scores as the dependent variable retained the variables of paretic upper-limb strength, MAS scores, sensation, and grip strength ([R.
One dependent variable was mean scores on students' attitudes toward homework, ranging from strongly disagree (scored 1) to strongly agree (scored 4).
In Shannon's study, the dependent variable is the level of each water-quality indicator, including the concentration of dissolved oxygen.
 
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