Question

Consider a research question you are interested in learning more about. think of two variables that you think could be used to answer your question. State which variable is your explanatory variable and which is your response variable. What type is each variable (numeric or categorical), and how is it measured (in years? dollars? education level?).

Answer 1

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Consider a research question you are interested in learning more about.

Research question: Does the number of hours a student spends on studies per day improve his score in the examination?

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Think of two variables that you think could be used to answer your question.

Variable 1: the number of hours a student spends on studies per day

Variable 2: score of the student in the examination

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State which variable is your explanatory variable and which is your response variable.

Explanatory Variable (x): the number of hours a student spends on studies per day

Response Variable (y): score of the student in the examination

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What type is each variable

Explanatory Variable (x): the number of hours a student spends on studies per day - numeric

Response Variable (y): score of the student in the examination - numeric

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how is it measured

Explanatory Variable (x): the number of hours a student spends on studies per day - in number of hours

Response Variable (y): score of the student in the examination - in number of scores