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Ranking colleges Popular magazines rank colleges and universities on their 鈥渁cademic quality鈥� in serving undergraduate students. Describe two categorical variables and two quantitative variables that you might record for each institution.

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Categorical Categories:

  • Range of staff-to-student ratios
  • average GPA

Quantitative Variables:

  • Average starting salary,
  • percentage of students employed after graduation

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Step 1. Given information.

The given statement is:

In serving undergraduate students, popular magazines assess colleges and institutions based on their "academic quality."

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Step 2. Give examples of two categorical and two quantitative variables.

Variables that can be used to rate schools and universities according to academic quality include:

Variables in Categorical Categories: Range of staff-to-student ratios, average GPA

Quantitative Variables: Average starting salary, percentage of students employed after graduation

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