A team of researchers is interested to know whether educational attainment affects the likelihood of owning or renting a home. They create a cross-tab with DWELOWN (Do you/Does your family) own your (home/apartment), pay rent, or what?") and DEGREE (respondents' highest educational degree), using a filter of "YEAR (2010-2014)." Figure 8.1 shows the resulting analysis.
-The variable DEGREE is best described as:
A) a dummy variable.
B) a categorical variable.
C) an ordinal variable.
D) an interval-ration level variable.

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A team of researchers is interested to know whether educational attainment affects the likelihood of owning or renting a home. They create a cross-tab with DWELOWN (Do you/Does your family) own your (home/apartment), pay rent, or what?") and DEGREE (respondents' highest educational degree), using a filter of "YEAR (2010-2014)." Figure 8.1 shows the resulting analysis.
-The variable DEGREE is best described as:
A) a dummy variable. 
B) a categorical variable. 
C) an ordinal variable. 
D) an interval-ration level variable.

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The Answer is C

A Team of Researchers Is Interested to Know Whether Educational