The degree to which data are stable. This term, from Lincoln and Guba (1985), is often preferred by interpretivists to the term

A command-sponsored dependent is "a dependent entitled to travel to overseas commands at government expense and endorsed by the appropriate military commander to be present in a dependent's status."

Dependents include "an employee's spouse; children who are unmarried and under age 21 years or who, regardless of age, are physically or mentally incapable of self-support; dependent parents, including step and legally adoptive parents of the employee's spouse; and dependent brothers and sisters, including step and legally adoptive brothers and sisters of the employee's spouse who are unmarried and under 21 years of age or who, regardless of age, are physically or mentally incapable of self-support."

“Family members who are a parent, grandparent, former spouse, sibling, disabled older child, or any other individual who is claimed by the service member as a dependent.”

Dependent variables are those affected by the independent variable(s). In experimental research, the dependent variable measures the effect of the independent variable on the outcome. In nonexperimental research, the dependent variable, although not manipulatable, can be causally inferred to result from the independent variable.

An independent samples t-test is used to compare the means of two independent or unrelated groups (e.g., between-groups design) on an approximately normal dependent variable.