DEPENDENT VARIABLE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Example:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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)

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