Senate Majority Leader

Cyberfeudalism suggests that

a. nation-states will continue to exist but will become much less important and less central to people's lives. b. nation-states will cease to exist. c. the basic importance of nation-states will not change, but people's lives will be enriched by new sources of identity. d. the nation-state will dissolve into either large regional federations or a single international federation. e. nation-states will continue to exist, but individuals will cease completely to identify with them.

In assigning the numerals 1 and 2 to indicate whether a participant has a high school degree or not, what kind of variable is being used?

a.) ordinal b.) interval c.) ration d.) nominal