A quality manager is developing a regression model to predict the total number of defects as a function of the day of week the item is produced.Production runs are done 10 hours a day,7 days a week. The dependent variable is ______.
A) day of week
B) production run
C) percentage of defects
D) number of defects
E) number of production runs

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The dependent variable is the variable that we are trying to predict based on the independent variable(s), and in this case, the dependent variable is the number of defects. Therefore, the correct answer is D) number of defects.

A Quality Manager Is Developing a Regression Model to Predict