A USA Snapshot titled “Are you getting a summer job?” (July 8, 2002) reported that 49% of high school students said, “Getting? I already have one”; 26% said, “Maybe. Depends on my cash situation”;

and 25% said, “No! Nothing interferes with my beach time.”

a. What is the variable involved, and what are the possible values?

b. Why is this variable not a random variable?