Question

Elizabeth bought 3-inch tomato plants at home depot. Each week after she bought the plants she measured their height. she recorded the data in the table below.

Time(wks) 0 1 2 3 4
Height of
tomato
plants(in.)3 5 7 9 11

what is the Independent variable?
What is the dependent variable?
what is the correlation?

Answer 1

An <B>independent variable</B> is the potential stimulus or cause, usually directly manipulated by the experimenter, so it could also be called a manipulative variable.

A <B>dependent variable</B> is the response or measure of results.

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