EXAMPLE 1.6 How Do You Do Online Research?
A study of 552 first-year college students asked about their preferences for online resources. One question asked them to pick their favorite.3 Here are the results:
online
| Resource | Count (n) |
|---|---|
| Google or Google Scholar | 406 |
| Library database or website | 75 |
| Wikipedia or online encyclopedia | 52 |
| Other | 19 |
| Total | 552 |
Resource is the categorical variable in this example, and the values are the names of the online resources.