The faculty members at Boise State University were surveyed on the question "How satisfied were you with the Summer 2002 Schedule?" Their responses were to be categorized as "very satisfied," "somewhat satisfied," "neither satisfied nor dissatisfied," "somewhat dissatisfied," or "very dissatisfied."

(a) Name the variable of interest.

satisfaction dissatisfaction satisfaction level with summer schedule

(b) Identify the type of variable.

continuous ordinal nominal discrete quantitative