In a survey for ACME Electric Co., Ralph Thomas asks the following questions: "What is your gender? Male-Female" and "How much do you estimate your monthly electric bill to be? $________." In the first question regarding gender, the answers are composed of a small number of distinct values or categories. In the second question, the answers are composed of numbers that have an "underlying measurement continuum." How would you classify these two questions in terms of the type of scale each represents?
A) closed ended, scaled response
B) closed ended, semantic dollar scale
C) categorical, meteorological
D) categorical, metric
E) closed ended, metric

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The first question is a categorical question because it has a small number of distinct values or categories (male or female). The second question is a metric question because it involves an underlying measurement continuum (monthly electric bill in dollars).

In a Survey for ACME Electric Co