Assume You Are Considering Including Two Additional Qualitative Variables into a Regression

question 202

Multiple Choice

Assume you are considering including two additional qualitative variables into a regression model. The first variable has four categories, and the second variable has four categories as well. Given this information, how many indicator variables will be incorporated into the model?

• A) 8
• B) 7
• C) 6
• D) 5

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