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Exercise

Recognizing factor variables

In the introductory video, you learned how to identify qualitative variables both in theory and in R. There are two ways R can represent qualitative variables: as factors or as characters. In this exercise, you'll try the two methods to find if CurrentJobTitleSelect is a factor. The dataset multiple_choice_responses has been loaded for you.

Instructions

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  • Print out the dataset in the console to take a look at the column types.
  • Check if CurrentJobTitleSelect is a factor.