Marialexa conducts an economic study and asks her participants to provide information about their family incomes. First, they are asked to check one box from a list of three, indicating whether they consider themselves low-income, middle-income, or high-income. She refers to this as the self-identification variable. Then, they are asked (if they are willing) to provide their annual income in
dollars. She refers to this as the dollar-figure variable. The study is both confidential and anonymous, and most people answer both questions. Which of the following statements accurately describes Marialexa's dependent variables?
a. Both are continuous
b. The self-identification variable is discrete and the dollar-figure variable is continuous
c. Both are discrete
d. The self-identification variable is continuous and the dollar-figure variable is discrete
b
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