Use the Following to Answer the Questions Below

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.

-The ________ variable is used to understand or predict values of the ________ variable.

A) Blank 1 = Explanatory, Blank 2 = Response
B) Blank 1 = Response, Blank 2 = Explanatory
C) Blank 1 = Categorical, Blank 2 = Quantitative
D) Blank 1 = Quantitative, Blank 2 = Categorical