Hello, I need help in giving a response to each of my peer's as they answered the question below.

Emily said? although it took me a while to fully understand these two, The definition of an independent variable is exactly what it sounds like. it's a variable that stands alone and that can't be changed by the other variables that are being measured. an example of an independent variable would be someone's age.

the dependent variable is exactly what it sounds like as well, although the dependent variable would be the result of the changes in the independent variable manipulation. an example of a dependent variable would be test scores because it is dependent on several different factors such as how a student studied, how much sleep the student got the night before, or even whether they ate breakfast before taking the test.

both the independent and dependent variables are crucial in answering both the hypothesis and research questions because they both determine the cause and effect in research studies.