An education researcher would like to determine if high school reading scores plays a role in an individual's choice to attend college. Reading scores are measured on a 0 - 100 scale and the choice variable is a categorical variable (Attend, Not Attend). Which of the following types of analysis, given our past discussions, would be most appropriate to conduct a causal analysis between reading score and college attendance?
A. Conduct a mean reading score analysis
B. Conduct a proportional analysis on reading scores.
C. Convert the attendance variable to a numerical variable and conduct a linear regression.
D. Convert the reading score variable to a categorical variable and conduct a proportional analysis.