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If age is an explanatory variable and height is the corresponding response variable, which of these would be represented by the y - axis on a scatterplot?

If age is an explanatory variable and height is the corresponding response variable-example-1
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Answer:Height

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User Chintanparikh
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Answer:

The height variable should be represented by the y-axis on a scatterplot.

Explanation:

The explanatory variable and independent variable are similar terms. When a variable is not at all dependent on any factor then it is called an explanatory variable. So, it must be plotted along the independent axis i.e. x-axis.

On the other hand, a response variable is an alternate term of the dependent variable and in our case height is a corresponding dependent variable of explanatory variable age.

Therefore, the height variable should be represented by the y-axis on a scatterplot. (Answer)

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