independent variable

Definitions

General Science

• noun a condition that is deliberately manipulated by an experimenter to test response

Accounting

• noun a factor whose value, when it changes, influences one or more other variables called ‘dependent variables’

Economics

• noun a variable that influences another variable (called the dependent variable). For example, the price of a product may influence the demand for it.

Electronics

• A variable which determines the change in another variable, called dependent variable.
• A variable whose value does not depend on the changes in another variable.

Health Economics

• (written as Independent Variable)
  A variable that affects other variables but is not affected by them. Often called an outcome variable in epidemiology.
• synonymExplanatory Variable

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7 definitions in context
• General Science
• Accounting
• Economics
• Electronics
• Health Economics