document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1122171>Question 1122171</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You have data on weekly rainfall at a New Zealand beauty spot and also on the number of tourists who visit the beauty spot each week.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You plan to carry out a simple regression analysis as part of an investigation to see if weekly rainfall is useful for predicting the number of tourists visiting the beauty spot.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the y variable (also known as the response variable or the dependent variable) and what is the x variable (the explanatory variable or the predictor variable)? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The y variable (response variable) will be\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The x variable (predictor variable) will be\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you so much </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #738324 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=738324\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The rainfall is the predictor variable or independent variable, driving the response variable. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number of tourists is the response variable, and dependent upon the rainfall (per the hypothesis). </SPAN>\n" );
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