Test $3\frac{W}{24}$

Section $1-$ Multiple Choice

$15$ marks

Jaskaran is studying the factors that contribute to poverty in Ontario communities by collecting data on $60$ communities from Statistics Canada. He decides to use the percentage of poor persons living under the poverty line $[$Poor $(\%)]$ as the measure of poverty for a community, as his dependent variable. The independent variables chosen are: $\%$ of single families, the unemployment rate. $\%$ of population with a Bachelor's Degree as their highest level of education, and $\%$ of population with a High School Diploma as their highest level of education.

His result is the following regression equation:

Poor $(\%)=-3\mathrm{.}81+0\mathrm{.}798$ Single$-$Families $(\%)+0\mathrm{.}624$ Unemployment Rate $(\%)-0\mathrm{.}170$ Bachelor's Degree $(\%)-0\mathrm{.}003$ High School $(\%)$

How many independent variables does he have in his model?

A$.5$

B$.4$

C$.3$

D$.2$

E$.1$