Question

Letter grades earned by a particular student in history class.

a. qualitative/nominal
b. qualitative/ordinal
c.quantitative/continuous
d.quantitative/ discrete
i think the answer is d

Answer 1

Letter grades are not numerical, but can be ordered in a meaningful way. Because the responses are not numerical, they are considered qualitative. Because they can be ordered in a meaningful way, they are also considered ordinal. The best answer choice is B.