Researchers carried out a survey of fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students in Michigan. Students were asked if good grades, athletic ability, or being popular was most important to them. The two-way table summarizes the survey data. What is most important? 4th grade 5th grade 6th grade Total Grades 495069168 Athletic 24363898 Popular 19222869 Total 92108135335 Identify the explanatory and response variables in this context.

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Researchers carried out a survey of fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students in Michigan. Students were asked if good grades, athletic ability, or being popular was most important to them. The two-way table summarizes the survey data.  What is most important? ​  4th grade  5th grade  6th grade  Total  Grades 495069168 Athletic 24363898 Popular 19222869 Total 92108135335  Identify the explanatory and response variables in this context.

Nathalie Redfern · Accepted Answer

A response variable (or dependent variable) is 4 variable that measures an outcomeor result ofa study, while an explanatory variable (or independent variable) is a variable that we think explains or causes changes in the response variables.  We expect that students in different grades might find different things most important as students in 6th grade might find grades more important than students in 4th grade.  This then implies that grade is the explanatory variable and what is more important is the response variable.

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