Researchers study the impact of internalized bias on patient care. Nurses complete a survey which determines a score for their internalized bias from 0-100. Without knowing the internalized bias score, patients are asked to rank the subsequent care they receive from the nurse as poor, fair, good or exemplary. In this study what is your dependent variable?
A) Nominal
B) Quantitative
C) Interval
D) Ordinal

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The dependent variable is the ranking of care (poor, fair, good, exemplary), which is an ordinal variable as it represents categories with a meaningful order but not equal intervals between them.

Researchers Study the Impact of Internalized Bias on Patient Care