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Dependent Variable

Definition: Dependent Variable

Dependent Variable

Noun

1. A variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value depends in the independent variable; if f(x)=y, y is the dependent variable.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Specialty Definitions: Dependent Variable

DomainDefinitions

Aerospace

Any variable considered as a function of other variables, the latter being called independent. Compare parameter.Whether a given quantity is best treated as a dependent or independent variable depends upon the particular problem. (references)

Electrical Engineering

A variable whose value is determined by the value of one or more other variables. Source: European Union. (references)

Mathematics

If to each value which a variable X can assume there corresponds one or more values of a variable Y, we say that Y is a function of X; the variable X is called the indipendent variable and Y is called the dependent variable. Source: European Union. (references)

Statistics

A variable which the analyst is trying to explain in terms of one or more independent variables. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Dependent Variable

English words defined with "dependent variable": argumentGovernor cut-offindependent variable, inverse functionLinear differential equation. (references)
Specialty definitions using "dependent variable": characteristic value, characteristic-value problem, covariateeffect variable, explanatory variableintervening variableLeast-Squares Analysis, Logistic Modelsmediating variablepredicated variableresource-constrained task. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Dependent Variable

DomainTitle

Books

  • Analysis of Panels and Limited Dependent Variable Models (reference)

  • Manipulating Public Opinion: Essays on Public Opinion As a Dependent Variable (reference)

  • Methods of Moments and Semiparametric Econometrics for Limited Dependent Variable Models (reference)

  • Testing of functional forms of regressions with lagged dependent variable and autocorrelated errors (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dependent Variable

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  dependent variable

40

  independent and dependent variable

36

  definition dependent variable

5
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Modern Translations: Dependent Variable

Language Translations for "dependent variable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

afhængig variabel (criterion variable). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

uitkomstvariabele (manifestational variable, outcome variable), afhankelijke variabele (criterion variable, intervening variable, manifestational variable, outcome variable), afhankelijke grootheid, afhankelijk veranderlijke. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

selitettävä muuttuja (criterion variable), riippuva muuttuja (criterion variable). (various references)

   

French

  

variable subordonnée, variable réponse, variable passive, variable liée, variable dépendante. (various references)

   

German

  

Zielvariable (criterion variable), Manifestationsvariable (manifestational variable, outcome variable), abhaengige Veraenderliche, abhaengige Variable, abhängige Variable (bound variable, criterion variable, manifestational variable, outcome variable). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εξηρτημένη μεταβλητή, εξαρτημένη μεταβλητή. (various references)

   

Italian

  

variabile dipendente (criterion variable, dependent data, effect variable, expectation, expected value, explanatory variable, manifestational variable, outcome variable, predicated variable, predictand, predictor). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

"属変数 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

じゅうぞくへ"すう. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ependentday ariablevay

   

Portuguese

  

variável dependente (manifestational variable, outcome variable). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

функция (function), зависимая переменная. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

variable dependiente (criterion variable, effect variable, expectation, expected value, explanatory variable, predicated variable, predictand, predictor). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

beroende variabel. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Dependent Variable

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-d-e-e-e-e-i-l-n-n-p-r-t-v"

-5 letters: interpleaded.

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Alternative Orthography: Dependent Variable


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 65 70 65 6E 64 65 6E 74      56 61 72 69 61 62 6C 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01100101 01110000 01100101 01101110 01100100 01100101 01101110 01110100 00100000 01010110 01100001 01110010 01101001 01100001 01100010 01101100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#101 &#112 &#101 &#110 &#100 &#101 &#110 &#116 &#32 &#86 &#97 &#114 &#105 &#97 &#98 &#108 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0065 0070 0065 006E 0064 0065 006E 0074      0056 0061 0072 0069 0061 0062 006C 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

38718271807071808625667847567687871

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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