A company was studying the demographics of their customers. As part of the study they collected the following variables: gender, marital status, credit rating (low, medium, high), annual income, and age. Label the variable gender as qualitative or quantitative, discrete or continuous, and nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio.
A) qualitative, discrete, nominal
B) qualitative, continuous, Ordinal
C) quantitative, discrete, nominal
D) quantitative, continuous, ratio

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Gender is a qualitative variable because it involves categories of male and female. It is also discrete because it involves distinct categories with no intermediate values. The variable is nominal because there is no inherent order in the categories of male or female.

A Company Was Studying the Demographics of Their Customers