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

From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020

The affected variable is called the response variable.

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

Identify the following values for this study: population, sample, experimental units, explanatory variable, response variable, treatments.

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Different outcomes measured in the response variable, therefore, must be a direct result of the different treatments.

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