Question

Which is true about the response variable?

i. This used to be called the dependent variable.
ii. When graphing the data, the response variable is plotted along the x axis.

Only i

Only ii

Both i and ii

Neither i or ii

Answer 1

either A or D

Answer 2

@wio

Answer 3

response variable = dependent

do you plot the dependent variable on the x axis?

Answer 4

no

Answer 5

usually on the y

Answer 6

whats bothering me is number one because it is also called the dependent variable but the question says "it used to"? help?

Answer 7

@agent0smith

Answer 8

@wio

Answer 9

@sourwing

Answer 10

@beccaboo333

Answer 11

i was saying d

Answer 12

Sorry, I do not know.

Answer 13

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependent_and_independent_variables
ctrl+F for response variable.

Answer 14

I take exception to "used to be". Is there REALLY any author so powerful and definitive that names of things SUDDENLY change in ALL the literature? It's just silly.

Maybe to the author of the question it "used to be". It's still okay to call it that.

Answer 15

^yeah I think it's odd too, but it may mean "in this particular course"

Answer 16

so what would you say as your answer either A or D?

Answer 17

@tkhunny

Answer 18

meh, flip a coin... if your course uses response a lot, go with A.

Answer 19

Ha!! Didn't think you would be making judgment calls in a math class, did you?!