Outcome Variable Definition Psychology. Outcome variables are usually the dependent variables which are observed and measured by changing independent variables. For example allocating participants to either drug or placebo conditions independent variable in order to measure any changes in the intensity of their anxiety dependent variable.
Statistical analysis is done on the outcome measures and conclusions are drawn from the statistical analysis. The tendency to believe after learning an outcome that one would have foreseen it. The knew-it-all-along phenomenon.
The knew-it-all-along phenomenon.
The independent variable is the variable the experimenter manipulates or changes and is assumed to have a direct effect on the dependent variable. It explains how or why there is a relation between two variables. These variables determine the effect of the cause independent variables when changed for different values. In experimental design a dependent variable is a variable dependent on another variable called the independent variable.