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The operational definition of a variable is the specific way in which it is measured in that study. Another study might measure the same conceptual measure differently. If you were studying ways of helping people stop smoking, smoking cessation would be an outcome measure (dependent variable).
Dependent Variable. The dependent variable -- also called the response variable -- is the output of a process or statistical analysis. Its name comes from the fact that it depends on or responds to other variables. Typically, the dependent variable is the result you want to achieve.n independent variable is an input to a process or analysis that influences the dependent variable. While there can only be one dependent variable in a study, there may be multiple independent variables.