Hope Hernandez Is the New Regional Vice President for a Large

Multiple Choice

Hope Hernandez is the new regional Vice President for a large gasoline station chain.She wants a regression model to predict sales in the convenience stores.Her data set includes two qualitative variables: the gasoline station location (inner city, freeway, and suburbs) , and curb appeal of the convenience store (low, medium, and high) .The number of dummy variables needed for Hope's regression model is ______.

A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) 8
E) 9