An independent variable is the potential stimulus or cause, usually directly manipulated by the experimenter, so it could also be called a manipulative variable.
A dependent variable is the response or measure of results.
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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?
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