Students and TV You are preparing to study the television-viewing habits of high school students. Describe two categorical variables and two quantitative variables that you might record for each student.

At the Census Bureau Web site www.census.gov, you can view detailed data collected by the American Community Survey. The following table includes data for 10 people chosen at random from the more than 1 million people in households contacted by the survey. “School” gives the highest level of education completed.
Weight (lb)
Age (yr)
Travel to work (min) School Gender Income last year ($)
187 66 0 Ninth grade 1 24,000 158 66 n/a High school grad 2 0 176 54 10 Assoc. degree 2 11,900 339 37 10 Assoc. degree 1 6000 91 27 10 Some college 2 30,000 155 18 n/a High school grad 2 0 213 38 15 Master’s degree 2 125,000 194 40 0 High school grad 1 800 221 18 20 High school grad 1 2500 193 11 n/a Fifth grade 1 0