Imagine you're a researcher studying how sleep affects mood. To explore the connection, you would look at two key "variables": sleep (how much someone gets) and mood (how happy or irritable they feel) ...

Dependent variables change based on other inputs in financial models, affecting investment outcomes. Independent variables like earnings affect dependent variables, influencing metrics like P/E ratios ...

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