Full-time and part-time college students. The Census Bureau provides estimates of numbers of people in the United States classified in various ways.26 Let’s look at college students.

The following table gives us data to examine the relation between age and full-time or part-time status. The numbers in the table are expressed as thousands of U.S. college students.

(a) Find the distribution of age for full-time students.

(b) Do the same for the part-time students.

(c) Use the summaries in parts

(a) and

(b) to describe the relationship between full- or part-time status and age. Write a brief summary of your conclusions.

Status Age Full-time Part-time 15-19 3388 389 20-24 5238 1164 25-34 1703 1699 35 and over 762 2045