Exhibit 11.9
The following questions use the data below.
Joe's Sporting Goods wants to forecast quarterly sales figures using a linear trend model. The store has collected 12 quarters of data and needs your help to analyze the data. The relevant regression output is in the following table. 
-Refer to Exhibit 11.9. Which column in the spreadsheet represents the independent variable for a regression model?
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