Question

3. December Temperature. The file called Dec.temp. JMP contains data on lowest tempera- tures (in Fahrenheit) in December and elevation (in thousand feet) at 44 different locations in Minnesota and Colorado, both cities and national parks. (In the data set, red represents cities from Minnesota while blue from Colorado.) Mary is a researcher at marketing department of a parka factory. The marketing strategy is closely related to the weather condition. She thinks they should enhance promotion during the coldest weather. So she wants to predict the lowest temperature based on elevation (a) Identify the explanatory variable (x): (Choose one.) i. Lowest temperature in December ii. Elevation iii. Marketing strategy. iv. Highest temperature in December (b) Identify the response variable (): (Choose one.) i. Lowest temperature in December. ii. Elevation iii. Marketing strategy. iv. Highest temperature in December

Answer 1

Mary wants to predict the lowest temperature based on elevation. Hence,

Explanatory variable: Elevation

Response variable: Lowest temperature in December