In a Study of Women,the Following Notation Was Used: Y

In a study of women,the following notation was used: Y = f(X) where Y represented number of live births and X represented occupational prestige scores.This notation represents

A) the number of live births that are a cause of occupational prestige scores.
B) the occupational prestige scores that are a cause of the number of live births.
C) a hypothesis that indicates that the number of live births are a function of (or are affected by) occupational prestige scores.
D) a hypothesis that indicates that occupational prestige scores are a function of (or are affected by) number of live births.
E) none of the above