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Due: Saturday, February 17, 2024, 11:59 PM

On the topic of explanatory/independent and response/dependent variables: The link below is to an article about a criminology study on domestic violence at the University of Pennsylvania. The article uses the term “machine learning” which essentially means creating a statistical model. In this model there are multiple explanatory or independent variables and one outcome or dependent variable. 

a. Name the explanatory/independent variables that the article references (there are 35 but it mentions 3 or 4 specifically).

b. What is the outcome/response/dependent variable?

https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-study-machine-learning-at-arraignments-can-cut-repeat-domestic-violence


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