be Write your final answer in the space provided. Your answer should appropriate

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be Write your final answer in the space provided. Your answer should appropriately detailed for the number of marks. 1. (1 mark) A colleague of mine, Dr. Andrew McAdam and his collaborator, recently developed a scale for measuring the size of nests that were built by female deer mice. Mice were provided with nesting material in captivity and their nests were scored one day later as being 1) absent, 2) small, 3) medium, or 4) large. What type of variable is this? Circle your answer. (a) Continuous (b) Discrete (c) Nominal (d) Ordinal

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d.Ordinal variable

An ordinal variable is a categorical variable for which the possible values are ordered. Ordinal variables can be considered “in between” categorical and quantitative variables.

Example: Educational level might be categorized as
    1: Elementary school education
    2: High school graduate
    3: Some college
    4: College graduate
    5: Graduate degree

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