Do Creative People Make Better Teachers? Ten Teachers at a Large

Multiple Choice

Do creative people make better teachers? Ten teachers at a large university were given a creativity test (scores range from 0 to 20, with higher scores indicating greater creativity) and were evaluated regarding teaching performance by students and peers (a score of 100 indicates an average performance, and larger scores indicate better performance) . The creativity scores and teaching performance scores are given below.
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$$\begin{array} { | l | l | } \hline \text { Creativity score } & \text { Performance score } \\\hline 9 & 93 \\\hline 7 & 89 \\\hline 8 & 95 \\\hline 13 & 101 \\\hline 10 & 102 \\\hline 10 & 96 \\\hline 9 & 95 \\\hline 18 & 111 \\\hline 10 & 103 \\\hline 14 & 107 \\\hline\end{array}$$ What is the response variable in this study?

A) Creativity score
B) Performance score
C) Both the creativity score and the performance score could be considered the response variable.
D) None of these answers is correct.