a regression analysis of male MBA graduates finds that taller persons end to be offerred higher startinhg salaries upon graduation, in this situation, the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE is????
2006-10-28 15:10:38 · 9 answers · asked by tenstrike 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
The independent variable is height and the dependent variable is starting salary. It is like a function: you measure someone's height and use it to predict their starting salary.
2006-10-28 15:15:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The height is because you have no control over how tall they are. The only thing that changes is the starting salary which is the dependent variable based off the height (the independent variable).
2006-10-28 15:20:09 · answer #2 · answered by josephtrouble 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take for example the relationship between x and y in a function situation.
Say we have y = x + 2.
In the function above, the value of y DEPENDS on the value we select for x in order for y to increase or decrease.
This means that x is the independent letter (variable) and y is the dependent letter (variable).
What y will become DEPENDS on the value of x.
The same applies to your question.
The salary of the player is our y and it DEPENDS on the height of the independent letter or variable x, which is the height of the player.
Let y = salary and x = height of player.
So, the salary of y depends on what the height of x is.
Guido
2006-10-28 16:43:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The independent variable is the height which is a measured quantity which is believed to affect the other (dependant) variable.
Plot as x on x-axis and salary on the y-axis. To say that salary is the independent variable and and height depends on salary would be a bit of a stretch - pun intended.
2006-10-28 15:24:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A variable that you believe might influence your outcome measure. This might be a variable that you control, like a treatment, or a variable not under your control, like an exposure. It also might represent a demographic factor like age or gender. Contrast this with the definition of the dependent variable. An independent variable is a hypothesized cause or influence on a dependent variable. One way to distinguish these variables is to ask yourself what you are want to learn from this research. The dependent variable is a variable you are trying to predict. Any variable that you are using to make those predictions is an independent variable. A recently published research study examined the relationship of dietary fat consumption and the development of ischemic stroke in a cohort of 832 men who were free of cardiovascular disease at baseline (1966-1969) and who were followed for a twenty year period. In this study, the independent variables were:
percentage of total fat in the diet,
percentage of saturated fat, and
the percentage of monounsaturated fat.
2006-10-28 15:16:26 · answer #5 · answered by justbipolar 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Height. Independent variable is the "input", the "x" in an equation. Dependent variable is the output or the "y". Here you'd have a formula that gives salary in terms of height. So you'd input height, and the output would be the salary.
2006-10-28 15:21:30 · answer #6 · answered by dmb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is also known as the manipulated variable, and it is the factor that is changed on purpose, and the answer is the height.
2006-10-28 15:20:35 · answer #7 · answered by KP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The golf ball depends on how much force you use. underline golf and box force. The amount of ink depends on how many weeks you use the pen. The total cost of taxable items depends on the amount the person pays in tax.
2016-03-19 01:18:23 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-28 15:13:47 · answer #9 · answered by stalkin ya 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋