A Real Estate Appraiser Is Developing a Regression Model to Predict

Multiple Choice

A real estate appraiser is developing a regression model to predict the market value of single-family residential houses as a function of heated area, number of bedrooms, number of bathrooms, age of the house, and central heating (yes, no) .The "central heating" variable in this model is _______.

A) a response variable
B) an independent variable
C) a quantitative variable
D) a dependent variable
E) a constant