An account manager for a local software firm believes there is a relationship between the number of contacts and the amount of t
he sales. To verify this belief, the following data was collected: Salesperson Number of Contacts Sales (in millions) 1 14 24 2 12 14 3 20 28 What is the dependent variable
The dependent variable also called the measured or predicted variable is simply the variable obtained due to inputs in of the independent variable. It is the variable which is being measured in an experiment. Here, the test is that the number of sales depends on the number of contact. Here, the number of contacts will has an influence or determines the amount of sales, hence, the number of contacts is the independent variable while the amount of sales is the dependent variable.
