Which of the following is an example of collapsing a variable?
A) reassigning an answer to a different response category by hand
B) you decide to put those who said their race was "the human race" as missing values
C) you put someone who says they are "Polish" into the "White" category
D) you collapse six categories of race into two: Whites and people of color

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Collapsing a variable involves combining multiple categories into fewer categories, as in the example of reducing six race categories into two broader categories.

Which of the Following Is an Example of Collapsing a Variable