Question 3 (CHOICE ANSWER)
Which of the following is true of dummy variables?
A. A dummy variable always takes a value less than 1.
B. A dummy variable always takes a value higher than 1.
C. A dummy variable takes a value of 0 or 1.
D. A dummy variable takes a value of 1 or 10.
Dummy variable is a qualitative variable used in regression analysis.
It takes a value of 0 or 1, depending on absence or presence of some factor,
This is also called Boolean indicator since it takes value of 0 or 1 like in Boolean Algebra.
Dummy variables are also known as an Indicator variable or Design variable.
In regression analysis, the dependent variable may be influenced by a factor which is qualitative in addition to the quantitative variable. To take into account the effect of the qualitative factor, a dummy variable with value 0 or 1 is used to indicate presence or absence of the qualitative factor (for example, smoker/non smoker, gender etc)
Hence,
Answer: C
C. A dummy variable takes a value of 0 or 1
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