In Evaluating an Experiment, How Would You Determine If a Variable

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Essay

In evaluating an experiment, how would you determine if a variable is an explanatory variable or a response variable?

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Definitions:

Logistic Regression

A statistical method for analyzing datasets in which there are one or more independent variables that determine an outcome. The outcome is measured with a dichotomous variable (in which there are only two possible outcomes).

Success

The achievement of a goal, target, or desired outcome, often measured by specific criteria or standards in various contexts.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample statistics, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter with a certain degree of confidence.

Mean Cancer Mortality

The average number of deaths caused by cancer per unit of population over a defined period of time.