If a college admissions officer uses high school GPA to predict college GPA, high school GPA is the ___________ variable.
A) criterion
B) predictor
C) probability
D) theoretical

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In this scenario, high school GPA is being used to predict college GPA, so it is the predictor variable. A criterion variable would be the variable being predicted, which in this case is college GPA. Probability and theoretical variables are not relevant in this context.

If a College Admissions Officer Uses High School GPA to Predict