claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth. 2. something that deserves or justifies a reward or commendation; a commendable quality, act, etc.: The book's only merit is its sincerity. 3. merits, the inherent rights and wrongs of a matter, as a lawsuit, unobscured by procedural details, technicalities, personal feelings, etc.:
A dependent variable? Yes, there can be more than one dependent variable. In our example, for instance, the growth rate of the plants might be one dependent variable and the overall height of the plants might be another dependent variable. Both of these variables depend upon the independent variable.
An 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.ts 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. In marketing, the results desired are tied to sales revenue.