When Conducting Regression Analysis, Can the Predictor Variable and the Outcome

question 12

Multiple Choice

When conducting regression analysis, can the predictor variable and the outcome variable be reversed?

• A) No, when two variables are correlated one always produces the values of the other and not vice versa.
• B) No, it would be impossible to construct a regression equation.
• C) Yes, the regression equation would be unchanged. However, it would not produce accurate predictions.
• D) Yes, but a different regression equation would be produced.

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