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What is an independent variable?

What is an independent variable? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (algebra) In an equation, any variable whose value is not dependent on any other in the equation.
  2. (sciences) The variable that is changed or manipulated in a series of experiments.
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Size and number of pollen grains were used as dependent variables, population as an independent variable, and the number of flower buds as a covariate.
An independent variable is the variable you have control over, what you can choose and manipulate.
Evaluate the indefinite integral with the independent variable set to each of the limits.
In a global economy, ecology can no longer be taken as an independent variable, as economists are wont to do.
In other words, it was more interested in the concept as an independent variable used to explain other social phenomena.
The Mann-Whitney U test is appropriate when the independent variable has two levels and the dependent variable is measured on an ordinal scale.

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