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response variable

British  

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

From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020

In an experiment, there is the explanatory variable which affects the response variable.

From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020

The affected variable is called the dependent variable or response variable: stimulus, response.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

The affected variable is called the response variable.

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

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

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

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