A quality manager is developing a regression model to predic

A quality manager is developing a regression model to predict the total number of defects as a function of the day of week the item is produced. Production runs are done 10 hours a day, 7 days a week. The explanatory variable is ______.

Solution

We are predicting total number of defects as a function fo day of week, thus the dependent variable is total number of defects, and explanatory variable is day of the week