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Card 143 / 180: Assume you are interested in using linear regression to test whether a person smokes or not has an effect on his or her income level. From a sample of 200 working persons, you obtain the following information: whether a person in the sample is a smoker or not (SMOKER) and their personal income in the current year (CURRENT INCOME). Which of the following best describes the dependent and independent variables in this scenario?
A)
SMOKER is the dependent variable, and CURRENT INCOME is the independent variable.
B)
SMOKER is the independent variable, and CURRENT INCOME is the dependent variable.
C)
SMOKER and CURRENT INCOME are both independent variables.
D)
Neither SMOKER nor CURRENT INCOME are independent variables.
Answer:
B) SMOKER is the independent variable, and CURRENT INCOME is the dependent variable.
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Business Statistics
Author:
David BourgeoisLecturer
The Saylor Academy
USA
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Attribution:
David T. Bourgeois, PhD; Bharatendra K. Rai, PhD. Business Statistics. The Saylor Academy 2014, http://www.saylor.org/courses/bus204/
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