Assertion: experiment's variable | /r/HasProperty | dv
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text: Sometimes the independent variable (IV) is thought of as the cause and the dependent variable (DV) as the effect.
text: The purpose of control is to enable the experimenter to isolate the one key variable which has been selected (the IV), in order to observe its effect on some other variable (the DV); control is intended to allow us to conclude that it is the IV, and nothing else, which is influencing the DV.
text: Researchers are interested in investigating the effects of the independent variable on other variables, which are known as dependent variables (DV).