The following summary table shows the number of space launches in the US by the type of launching agency and the outcome of the launch (success or failure).

(a) What variables were collected on each launch in order to create to the summary table above?

(b) State whether each variable is numerical or categorical. If numerical, state whether it is continuous or discrete. If categorical, state whether it is ordinal or not.

(c) Suppose we wanted to study how the success rate of launches vary between launching agencies and over time. In this analysis, which variable would be the response variable and which variable would be the explanatory variable?

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Private State Startup 1957 - 1999 Failure Success 13 281 295 3751 - 2000 - 2018 Failure Success 10 33 5 562 711 65