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1 Responding (or Dependent) Variable: This is the variable that changes as a result of the changes in the manipulated variable. 2  In our fertilizer example, the responding variable would be the size of the plants. 3  Controlled Variables (or Controls): These are all the things that you will keep the same in your experiment. Responding (or Dependent) Variable: This is the variable that changes as a result of the changes in the manipulated variable. 2  In our fertilizer example, the responding variable would be the size of the plants. 3  Controlled Variables (or Controls): These are all the things that you will keep the same in your experiment.
1 A nominal variable is a categorical variable. 2  Observations can take a value that is not able to be organised in a logical sequence. 3  Examples of nominal categorical variables include sex, business type, eye colour, religion and brand.ypes of variables flowchart: 1  A continuous variabl e is a numeric variable. 2  A discrete variable is a numeric variable. 3  An ordinal varia ble is a categorical variable. 4  A nominal variable is a categorical variable.