Definitoin of independent variable, dependent variable, and control variable?

what is the definition of independent variable, dependent variable, and control variable?|||Independent Variable- the manipulated variable; the variable that is changed on purpose in an experiment





Dependent Variable- variable that is not under the experimenter's control -- the data. It is the variable that is observed and measured in response to the independent variable





Control Variable- A variable that is held constant or whose impact is removed in order to analyze the relationship between other variables without interference, or within subgroups of the control variable|||an independent variable is the variable that u cannot control, such as time, volume, etc.





dependent variable is the variable that depends on another variable. usually something like "amount of rainfall" or something.





control variable is the variable that u can control...such as temperature, amount of heat, etc.





for more elaborate definitions, go to dictionary.com|||I HAVE THE SAME CLASS DUDE! I HATE THAT STUFF!!!|||An indep. variable is one that varies on its own without being dependent on anything else.


age,


Dependent variable is one whose variation is dependent on another variable.


demand depends on supply. income depends on years of education (if you assume so) etc.