Question

Based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, a Pew Research study showed that the percentage of employed individuals ages 25-29 who are college educated is at an all-time high. The study showed that the percentage of employed individuals aged 25-29 with at least a bachelor's degree in 2016 was 40%. In the year 2000, this percentage was 32%, in 1985 it was 25%, and in 1964 it was only 16%.+
(a) What is the population being studied in each of the four years?
a) college educated individuals
b) college educated individuals aged 25-29
c) individuals aged 25-29
d) employed individuals aged 25-29
e) employed individuals
(b) What question was posed to each respondent?
a) Have your earned a bachelor's degree (or higher)?
b) Are you enrolled in college?
c) Are you between the ages of 25 and 29?
d) In what year did you receive your bachelor's degree?
e) Are you employed?
(c) Do responses to the question provide categorical or quantitative data?
a) categorical
b) quantitative

Answer 1

Answer:

a.] d) employed individuals aged 25-29

b.] a) Have your earned a bachelor's degree (or higher)?

C.] Categorical

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the scenario described, the population being studied are those aged between 25 - 29 years and who are employed. The study was to determine the level of education of the respondents who happens to fall into the category of being employed and within the 25 - 29 Years age bracket.

The most appropriate question to ask in other to establish if respondent has at least a bachelor's degree is to explicitly ask if the respondent has a bachelor's degree or higher.

C) Categorical : The response to the question will best directly take a 'yes' 'no' format which is a categorical label which could then be transformed into dummy variables for further analysis