Independent variable = cause
Dependent variable = effect
Is this right? Can these variables be used for any "cause and effect" scenario?
2007-01-15 09:45:00 · 2 answers · asked by biancaonwenu 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
I'll take an experiment I did recently. We were dropping pieces of paper with different number of paperclips attached to them and measuring the time it took for them to fall. The number of paperclips we added was a level of the independent variable. The time the piece of paper took to fall was the dependent variable.
The number of paperclips caused the paper to fall faster.
2007-01-15 09:53:17 · answer #1 · answered by cowsvils 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Testing the effect of running on heart rate
Running -independent variable (you changed)
Heart rate- (dependent variable) (it changed)
2007-01-15 09:50:07 · answer #2 · answered by Robert O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋