TABLE 1-2 a Wall Street Journal Poll Asked 2,150 Adults in the in the U.S

TABLE 1-2
A Wall Street Journal poll asked 2,150 adults in the U.S. a series of questions to find out their view on the U.S. economy.
-Referring to Table 1-2, the possible responses to the question "How would you rate the condition of the U.S. economy with 1 = excellent, 2 = good, 3 = decent, 4 = poor, 5 = terrible?" result in

A) a nominal scale variable.
B) an ordinal scale variable.
C) an interval scale variable.
D) a ratio scale variable.