The chancellor of a major university was concerned about alcohol abuse on her campus and
Wanted to find out the proportion of students at her university who visited campus bars on the
Weekend before the final exam week.Her assistant took a random sample of 250 students.The
Answer on "whether you visited campus bars on the weekend before the final exam week" from
Students in the sample is an example of __________.
A) a categorical variable.
B) a discrete variable.
C) a continuous variable.
D) a table of random numbers.

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The answer to whether students visited campus bars is a categorical variable because it classifies students into distinct categories: those who visited and those who did not.

The Chancellor of a Major University Was Concerned About Alcohol