In 2010, there was an interesting lawsuit about bagels.A company claimed to have created a new way to recreate "Brooklyn style" bagels and then reported that another bagel producer stole its recipe.A researcher wonders if bagel sales might have been affected simply by the story making the national news, so she tracks total bagel sales in dollars for one year before and after the news story hits.What type of variable is total bagel sales?
A) nominal
B) ordinal
C) scale
D) independent

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Total bagel sales is a continuous variable that can be measured on a scale, so it is a scale variable.

In 2010, There Was an Interesting Lawsuit About Bagels