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. Which three variables are considered to be qualitative rather than quantitative?
A) gender, age, and marital status
B) annual income, age, and credit rating
C) credit rating, gender, and marital status
D) gender, annual income, and age

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Qualitative variables are those that describe or categorize attributes or characteristics, and in this case, credit rating, gender, and marital status are qualitative because they describe categories or characteristics rather than numerical values. Age and annual income are quantitative variables because they can be measured numerically.

A Company Was Studying the Demographics of Their Customers