Dr. Juni is organizing data from his recent study on aggression. He decided to classify participants based on their self-reported hair color: blond, brown, red, and black. Dr. Juni then runs analyses using these groupings. Dr. Juni is grouping the participants based on a(n):
A) categorical variable.
B) continuous variable.
C) ordinal variable.
D) interval variable.

Question

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Hair color is a categorical variable because it divides participants into distinct groups without a numerical or ordered relationship between them.

Dr Juni Is Organizing Data from His Recent Study on Aggression