Employees at a large company are surveyed about their health insurance status. Employees are coded as "1" if health insurance is obtained through the company's benefit program, "2" if health insurance is obtained from another source (such as through a spouse's employment benefit program), or "0" if the employee does not have health insurance. This variable is:
A)numerical.
B)categorical.
C)quantitatively categorical.
D)All of the answer options are correct.

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This variable is categorical because it involves assigning employees to discrete categories based on whether they obtain health insurance through the company's benefit program, through another source, or not at all.

Employees at a Large Company Are Surveyed About Their Health