A company was studying the demographics of their customers. As part of the study they collected the following variables: gender, marital status, credit rating (low, medium, high), annual income, and age. Label the variable gender as qualitative or quantitative, discrete or continuous, and nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio.
A) qualitative, discrete, nominal
B) qualitative, continuous, Ordinal
C) quantitative, discrete, nominal
D) quantitative, continuous, ratio
E) None of the choices are correct

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Gender is a qualitative variable because it describes a category or quality. It is discrete because it consists of distinct categories (e.g., male, female). It is nominal because the categories do not have a natural order.

A Company Was Studying the Demographics of Their Customers