In General, the Variable Whose Value Is Fixed by the Experimenter

question 85

Short Answer

In general, the variable whose value is fixed by the experimenter will be denoted by x and will be called the independent, predictor, or __________ variable. For fixed x, the second variable will be random; we denote this random variable and its observed value by Y and y, respectively, and refer to it as the dependent or __________ variable.

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