The human resources department at a major high tech company recently conducted an employee satisfaction survey of 100 of its 3,000 employees. Data were collected on such variables as age, gender, marital status, current salary, level of overall satisfaction on a scale from 1 to 5, number of years with the company, and job title. Which of the following best describes the overall data set that was generated from the study?
A) cross-sectional data
B) time series data
C) nominal data
D) quantitative data
E) categorical data

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The data set is cross-sectional because it was collected at one point in time from a sample of employees.

The Human Resources Department at a Major High Tech Company