Use the following to answer the questions below:
The USStates dataset, used throughout the textbook, contains information on the 50 U.S. states. A small segment from the dataset is displayed in the following table.

-What variable was used to determine that 42.7% of Connecticut state residents have a college degree? Is it categorical or quantitative?
A) Variable = whether or not they have a college degree. This is a categorical variable.
B) Variable = whether or not they have a college degree. This is a quantitative variable.
C) Variable = what state they are from. This is a categorical variable.
D) Variable = what state they are from. This is a quantitative variable.

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Use the following to answer the questions below:
The USStates dataset, used throughout the textbook, contains information on the 50 U.S. states. A small segment from the dataset is displayed in the following table.
 
-What variable was used to determine that 42.7% of Connecticut state residents have a college degree? Is it categorical or quantitative?
A) Variable = whether or not they have a college degree. This is a categorical variable. 
B) Variable = whether or not they have a college degree. This is a quantitative variable. 
C) Variable = what state they are from. This is a categorical variable. 
D) Variable = what state they are from. This is a quantitative variable.

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The variable "whether or not they have a college degree" is categorical because it classifies individuals into categories (those with a degree and those without).

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