Question

As part of a survey of college students a researcher is interested is the variable, class standing. She records a '1' if the student is a freshman, a '2' if the students is a sophomore, a '3' if the student is a junior, and a '4' if the student is a senior. The variable, class standing is:________.

a. both categorical and quantitative
b. quantitative
c. categorical
d. none of the above

Answer 1

c. categorical

Explanation:

Categories of the record

1 2 3 4

Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior

This is simply a categorical arrangement of students in the college by the researcher who is interested in the variable, class standing. So option C is correct