Legal Researchers Were Interested in Whether a Rape Defendant's Perceived

Legal researchers were interested in whether a rape defendant's perceived guilt depends on the type of argument introduced by his defense attorney.Researchers classified each defense by whether or not it introduced the idea that the female victim was asking for the encounter-the "she shouldn't have worn that short skirt" defense.In a simulated juror situation, the researchers asked each of the 20 participating mock jurors to rate the guilt of the defendant on a scale from 1 to 7.This score is a _____ dependent variable, which means that the data can be analyzed using a _____ test.

A) nominal; nonparametric
B) scale; nonparametric
C) nominal; parametric
D) scale; parametric