The following data were collected to see if mean annual temperature explains var

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The following data were collected to see if mean annual temperature explains variation in the mortality index for a type of breast cancer in women. They relate to certain regions of Great Britain, Norway and Sweden. In problem, which variable is the explanatory variable and which is the response variable? This is a correlation problem, so there is no explanatory variable Temperature: Response Mortality index: Explanatory They are both explanatory variables Temperature: Explanatory Mortality index: Response

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The target variable is called the response which is also called as dependent variable and the explanatory variable is the independent variable. Here in this case the mortality index is the response variable or dependent variable and temperature is the explanatory variable which is 4th option.

We check the variation of dependent variable for different values of explanatory variable

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