Correlation

Question 1

What is the independent /explanatory variable?

Answer 1

Something which the researcher can control and is usually plotted on the x axis

Question 2

What is the dependent/response variable?

Answer 2

Measured by the researcher, usually plotted on the y - axis.

Question 3

Regression Line Form

Answer 3

y = a + bx

Question 4

What does b tell us in the equation in y = a + bx?

Answer 4

Tells you the change in y for each unit change in x