Fill in the following blanks from the list:
-Numeric
- Categorical
- Independent
- Dependent
- Increases
- Decreases
In simple linear regression, the goal is to determine if there is a linear change in the _____________ variable based on a change in the ________ variable. The dependent variable will always be a _________ variable. If a negative relationship is found, this means that as the independent variable increases the dependent variable __________.