Dependent and Independent Variables
www.nlm.nih.gov › section2 › mod4_variablesA Dependent variable is what happens as a result of the independent variable. For example, if we want to explore whether high concentrations of vehicle exhaust impact incidence of asthma in children, vehicle exhaust is the independent variable while asthma is the dependent variable. A confounding variable, or confounder, affects the relationship between the independent and dependent variables. A confounding variable in the example of car exhaust and asthma would be differential exposure to ...