An insurance company conducted a study to determine the percentage of cardiologists who had been sued for malpractice in the previous ten years. The sample was randomly chosen from a national directory of doctors. What is the variable of interest in this study?
A) the responses: have been sued/have not been sued for malpractice in the last ten years
B) the number of doctors who are cardiologists
C) the doctor's area of expertise (i.e., cardiology, pediatrics, etc.)
D) all cardiologists in the directory

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The variable of interest is whether the cardiologists have been sued for malpractice in the last ten years, which is captured by the responses "have been sued" or "have not been sued."

An Insurance Company Conducted a Study to Determine the Percentage