In the above problem , the given statement 15, " A study was done to identify variable that might produce high click counts on twitter . " So, here, the variable click counts is dependent variable and it is depends on the independent variables namely length of each tweet , outside temperature , raining , time of day and day of week . Therefore, L : Was 1 Click counts is a response variable. And all the remainings are explanatory variables . I.e . 2) Length of each tweet is an explanatory variable. . i ster Ner 3) Outside temperature is an explanatory variable . Raining is also an explanatory variable. 5 Time of day is an explanatory variable. 1 Day of week is also an explanatory variable