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A student is gathering data on the driving experiences of other college students. One variable to...

A student is gathering data on the driving experiences of other college students. One variable to be measured is the commuting distance from home to school for each student. What type of variable is this? (a) discrete variable (b) continuous variable (c) categorical variable (d) nominal variable (e) qualitative variable

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Categorical variable

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A categorical variable is a variable that can take on one of a limited, and usually fixed number of possible values,

assigning each individual or other unit of observation to a particular group .

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