Pretend an analyst receives a data set that they did not gather themselves. The first thing they do is try to determine if the data $($and$/$or the forthcoming analyses$)$ will serve to help us better understand individuals, groups of individuals, organizations within an industry, etc. When assessing the data for that reasons, it can be said that the analyst is try to determine:

Group of answer choices

the unit of analysis

whether the data are structured or unstructured

the variable of interest

All of these