A University Admissions Counselor Wishes to Predict the Performance of Freshmen

question 47

Multiple Choice

A university admissions counselor wishes to predict the performance of freshmen by considering their SAT scores. Which variable, freshman GPA or SAT score, would be the explanatory variable in a least squares regression equation?

• A) freshman GPA
• B) SAT score

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