Amarket analyst is developing a regression model to predict monthly household expenditures on groceries as a function of family size, household income, and household neighborhood (urban, suburban, and rural). the "neighborhood" variable in this model is

The "neighborhood" variable in the regression model, which predicts monthly household expenditures on groceries as a function of a family size, household income and neighborhood is an independent variable. Independent variables are the predictors (the risk factors and confounders) . The output variable (in this case monthly household expenditures ) is the dependent variable.