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Science 7 2
Science 7 2
For example, in a study looking at how tutoring impacts test scores, the dependent variable would
be the participants' test scores, since that is what is being measured.
Two examples of common independent variables are age and time. ... They're independent of
everything else. The dependent variable (sometimes known as the responding variable) is what is
being studied and measured in the experiment.
There are three main types of variables in a scientific experiment: independent variables, which can
be controlled or manipulated; dependent variables, which (we hope) are affected by our changes to
the independent variables; and control variables, which must be held constant to ensure that we
know that it's our ..
Time as an Example of an Independent Variable