A dependent variable is a factor in an experiment that researchers measure to see how it changes in response to other variables. For example, in a study examining how different amounts of sunlight affect the growth of plants, the growth of the plants is the dependent variable. It depends on the amount of sunlight, which is the independent variable.
In simpler terms, think of the dependent variable as the outcome or result that you are interested in. If you change something in your experiment, like the amount of water given to flowers, the growth of the flowers is what you will observe to see if it was affected.
