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Independent Variable

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Independent variable
Term used in regression analysis to represent the element or condition that is expected to influence another (so-called dependent) variable.

independent variable
A variable that is not affected by any other variables with which it is compared. For example, in comparing the price of an electric utility stock with interest rates, the interest rates are an independent variable because they are not affected by utility stock prices. Compare dependent variable.

Independent Variable
In technical analysis, a variable whose value is not determined by the value of other variable(s), but rather determines 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, supply and demand are independent variables because together they determine the product's price. See also: Dependent variable.


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With what-if scenarios, you start by creating a basic model and then tweaking it (configuring it in different ways) by forming different combinations of your independent variables (your input) and/or your functions and formulas.
He concludes that, as independent variable, religion has contributed to political development as much as hindered it, but that religion is far more a dependent value that is shaped by the state context within which it operates.
It was found that, significant correlations were observed between achievement in statistics and each of the independent variables (cognitive and affective factors), indicating highly significant positive correlations between achievement in statistics and numerical ability, attitude toward statistics, attitude toward mathematics and prior exposure to statistics.
 
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