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Dictionary of Accounting Terms
dependent variable

one whose value depends upon the values of other variables and constants in some relationship. For example, in the relationship (y) = f (x), y is the dependent variable. For example,market price of stock is a dependent variable influenced by various independent variables, such as earnings per share, debt-equity ratio, and beta.

See also independent variable
Dictionary of Business Terms
dependent variable

Statistics: that element of an equation-usually expressed as "Y"-whose value is determined by the other elements, or independent variables, in the equation-usually expressed as "X." The amount of variation of the dependent variable caused by the independent variables can be measured by regression statistical analysis.

Dictionary of Marketing Terms
dependent variable
See also variable
Related Terms:
independent variable

one that may take on any value in a relationship; for example, in y = f(x), x is the independent variable. For example, independent variables that influence sales are advertising and price.

variable

a symbol in a programming language that represents a data item, such as a numerical value or a character string, that can change its value during the execution of a program. Programming languages typically require that variable names start with letters.

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