A human resources consultant is developing a regression model to predict electricity production plant manager compensation as a function of production capacity of the plant, number of employees at the plant, and plant technology (coal, oil, and nuclear).The "plant technology" variable in this model is ___.
A)a response variable
B)a dependent variable
C)a quantitative variable
D)an independent variable
E)a constant

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The "plant technology" variable is one of the independent variables being used to predict the compensation of the plant manager, making it an independent variable.

A Human Resources Consultant Is Developing a Regression Model to Predict