The endocrine component of the pancreas consists of islet cells (islets of Langerhans) that create and release important hormones directly into the bloodstream. Two of the main pancreatic hormones are insulin, which acts to lower blood sugar, and glucagon, which acts to raise blood sugar.
Variability is a measure of the spread of a data set. Learn more about the different measures of variability including the range, variance, and standard deviation, and how they are used in the field of Psychology.
The independent (or manipulated) variable is something that the experimenter purposely changes or varies over the course of the investigation. The dependent (or responding) variable is the one that is observed and likely changes in response to the independent variable. For example, a student might change the position of a planeâs wing to see how it affects the average speed of a model plane. The wing position would be the independent variable- because the student purposely changes its location.