Saturday, December 17, 2011

What does the control variable mean in a graph?

plzz give examples and tell me what it means!


fankss :)|||The control variable is also known as the independent variable. This is the variable that you change in order to produce a result. The independent variable is graphed on the x axis of the graph.





The dependent variable, also known as the reaction variable, is the reaction to a change in the control variable. The dependent variable depends on the independent variable, which is independent of anything... get it? The dependent variable is always graphed on the y axis.|||The variable which stays the same..


it is used to compare results to


so.. lets say you were testing drugs on animals..


if we had the exact same monkey for each test.. this would be the control variable, because it stays the same throughout the test

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