Definition of independent variable in US English:
independent variable
nounˌɪndəˈpɛndənt ˈvɛriəbəlˌindəˈpendənt ˈverēəbəl
Mathematics A variable (often denoted by x) whose variation does not depend on that of another.
Example sentencesExamples
- We started with wave form as the dependent variable, and the remaining variables as independent variables.
- As a result, it is difficult to assess the causal impact of the independent variables on the dependent variables.
- The decomposition of the effects of independent variables on the dependent variables are presented in Table 2.
- They allow researchers to study the effects of many independent variables on the dependent variable.
- Correlation analysis among the independent variables showed coefficients of less than 0.70.
- That is, data that are missing are independent of either the independent variable X or the dependent variable Y.