Q# 1Refer to the table below to answer the following questions:

• What is the dependent variable?
• What is/are the main independent variable(s) of interest in this analysis?
• Do these main independent variables have any impact on the dependent variable (are they statistically significant)?
• Which independent variables are statistically significant?

Table 4. REGRESSION RESULTS WHERE MURDER RATES AND CAPITAL SENTENCING RATES ARE CONSIDERED, 1973-84 Independent Variables 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 % Metropolitan population .027 .015 . 108 . 007 . 040* * % Black population 331*#* . 326*** .259*** .250* * * .269*** Divorce rate . 503*** .613*** .680*** .579*** . 858*** % Poverty .073 -. 151 .041 .052 .211 Income inequality 48.7* 49.7* 46. 1* 39.0* 46.0** $ Unemployment . 109 .564** -.017 . 123 -.210 Region (0/1) -1,069 .645 .030 -. 146 -1.519 No. execution months . 056 -. 021 .037 .035 Death sentences (yr.t) .031 . 108 .065 -. 167 - . 162 -.479 Constant - 17.8* -18.3** -15.7* -13.9* -18.8*** R -8 24* * * . 853*** .799*** . 798*** . 864** * * * * P<.05 p>