<span>The Appeals Court judges can find that the judgment in the court case before them is either affirmed, or they may overturn the judgment. If overturned they must cite the their reasoning, which is usually legal or procedural insufficiency. </span>
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This is the dependent variable!
The dependent variable is that one that is being measured in an experiment and which is influenced by the independent variable - the experiment measures the effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable.
An example: dependent variable: happines
Independent variable: income