Quiz 9: Regression Analysis Question 1 What is the variable used to predict the value of another called? . Independent Correlation Dependent Determination Question 2 A sales manager for an advertising agency believes there is a relationship between the number of contacts and the amount of sales. What is the dependent variable? Unknown Amount of sales Number of contacts . Salesperson Question 3 A sales manager for an advertising agency believes there is a relationship between the number of contacts and the amount of sales. What is the independent variable? . Number of contacts Unknown . Salesperson Amount of sales Question 4 Based on the regression equation, we can Measure the association between two variables . Predict the value of the independent variable given a value of the dependent variable . Predict the value of the dependent variable given a value of the independent variable Measure the Pearson correlation coefficient