Saturday, April 20, 2013

STATISTICS: Response & Explanatory Variables?

Rabbits are major pests in some countries. Researchers, who are studying these animals, would like
a reliable method to estimate the age of a free-living rabbit. Body weight is not a good predictor
for age, since the environmental conditions in which the rabbits live have a large influence on the
available food supply and therefore the weight.It turns out, that the dry weight of the eye lens is
a much more reliable predictor for age.

What is the response and explanatory variables?

См. статью: STATISTICS: Response & Explanatory Variables?