Question

A researcher is trying to determine the January temperature in regions of the United States using the degrees of latitude. After collecting data, she creates a scatterplot. Given the relationship the researcher is trying to predict, the latitude is the dependent variable and the temperature is the independent variable.True / False.

Answer 1

False.

Researcher has taken the temperature as independent variable and latitude as the dependent variable which is wrong. Temperature depends on latitude. So it should be taken as dependent variable and the latitude as independent variable.