A: Companies with a Web Site
Year: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
25.62 28.70 31.67 34.12 36.78 38.34
1.Identify the independent and dependent variable
2. Construct a scatter plot of the data.
3. Describe the trend in the dependent variable.
4. Determine which model best fits the data: linear, quadratic, exponential, or none of these.

Question

A: Companies with a Web Site
Year: 2000      2001   2002     2003  2004   2005
         25.62    28.70   31.67    34.12 36.78   38.34
1.Identify the independent and dependent variable
2. Construct a scatter plot of the data.
3. Describe the trend in the dependent variable.
4. Determine which model best fits the data: linear, quadratic, exponential, or none of these.

anonymous · Answer

y = # companies = f(year)

# is increasing at about 3/year

anonymous · Answer

but what is the independent and dependent variable?