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response variable

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noun

  1. statistics a more modern term for dependent variable

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In a randomized experiment, the researcher manipulates the explanatory variable and then observes the response variable.

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Participants in the control group receive a placebo treatment that looks exactly like the active treatments but cannot influence the response variable.

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In a randomized experiment, the researcher manipulates values of the explanatory variable and measures the resulting changes in the response variable.

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This group is given a placebo treatment–a treatment that cannot influence the response variable.

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In order to prove that the explanatory variable is causing a change in the response variable, it is necessary to isolate the explanatory variable.

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