Question

Colleges often rely heavily on raising money for an annual fund to support operations. Alumni are typically solicited for donations to the annual fund. Studies suggest that the graduate's annual income is a good predictor of the amount of money he or she would be willing to donate, and there is a reasonably strong, positive, linear relationship between these variables.

In the studies described:

A. Size of donation to the annual fund is the response variable.

B. All of the answer options are correct

C. Annual income is an explanatory variable

D. The correlation between annual income and size of donation is positive

Answer 1

Options B

Step-by-step explanation:

The graduate's annual income is a good predictor of the amount of money he or she would be willing to donate" suggests that

A. Size of donation to the annumal fund is the response variable. [CORRECT]

C. annual income is an explanatory variable [CORRECT

Also, as "there is a reasonably strong, positive, linear relationship between these variables" suggests,

D. The correclation between annual income and size of donation is positive [CORRECT]

Hence, all choices are correct.