Dependent Variable and Independent Variables (Made Easy) 📊

Have you ever wondered what the distinction between a dependent variable and independent variables is?
Then you’ve stumbled upon digital gold.
In this video, I will explain to you shortly but precisely what the difference between dependent and independent variables is and what function they play in your quantitative research design.
If you’re still interested after that, I will go a bit more in-depth and explain why this designation of variables in the context of survey studies and other methods is often not correct and how to correctly describe them.
📚 Field, A. (2017). Discovering Statistics Using SPSS (5th ed.). SAGE Publications. amzn.to/3Xblmei*
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00:00 Intro
00:43 #1 Why do you need a dependent variable and independent variables?
03:28 #2 Dependent variable and independent variables in experiments
05:16 #3 Dependent variable and independent variables in cross-sectional studies (survey research)
06:33 #4 Measuring variables
08:09 #5 Further reading
In a quantitative research design, your goal is to test a theoretical relationship. One of the building blocks of theory constructs that consist of variables.
In order to test a hypothesis in a quantitative research design, you must first determine the variables of that hypothesis and ensure that you can measure them.
As the name suggests, variables can change. They can experience various forms of change, for example, changing human behavior such as the tendency to choose more organic fruit at the supermarket.
Similarly, a variable can vary by location, such as in counties with the highest subsidies on organic fruit. Moreover, a variable can change over time, such as a fruit vendor’s profit per quarter.
Independent variables are the variables that are manipulated or changed in order to observe the effect on the dependent variable. In our example, the independent variable would be the type of fruit (organic vs. non-organic) and the dependent variable would be the number of fruits sold.
This video is about:
dependent variable and independent variables, quantitative research methods, statistics, social sciences
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