As part of a survey of college students a researcher is interested is the variable, class standing. She records a '1' if the student is a freshman, a '2' if the students is a sophomore, a '3' if the student is a junior, and a '4' if the student is a senior. The variable, class standing is:________.
a. both categorical and quantitative
b. quantitative
c. categorical
d. none of the above