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 marital status 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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Marital status is a qualitative variable because it describes a characteristic or category. It is discrete because it consists of distinct categories (e.g., single, married, divorced). It is nominal because the categories do not have a natural order.

A Company Was Studying the Demographics of Their Customers