Twenty-One Executives in a Large Corporation Were Randomly Selected for a Study

Multiple Choice

Twenty-one executives in a large corporation were randomly selected for a study to determine the effect of several factors on annual salary (expressed in $000's) .The factors selected were age,seniority,years of college,number of company divisions they had been exposed to and the level of their responsibility.A regression analysis was performed using a popular spreadsheet program with the following regression output: Which one of the following is the dependent variable?

A) Age
B) Seniority
C) Level of responsibility
D) Annual salary
E) Experience in number of company divisions