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8.8 Exercise 1

Avg difficulty 2.5

For each of the following pairs of related datasets, identify which (if any) should be assigned the role of response variable and which should be assigned to be the explanatory variable.

  1. A person’s height and weight
  2. A professional basketball player’s salary and their average points scored per game (which is a measure of how good they are at basketball)
  3. The length and width of leaves on a tree

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