In each scenario below, specify each variable as a response
variable, an explanatory variable, or neither. Explain your
choices.
a. A climatologist wishes to predict future monthly rainfall in
Los Angeles. To inform his predictive model, for each month of the
past 30 years, he records the name of the month (Jan.-Dec.), total
rainfall (mm), and the Oceanic Niño Index (a measure of sea surface
temperature differences, in ºC).
b. A researcher conducts an experiment in a residence for senior...