When You Code the Variable of Religious Affiliation, and When

Multiple Choice

When you code the variable of religious affiliation, and when you assign codes such as Muslims = 3, Christians = 2, and Buddhists = 3, these codes are assigned:

A) to assert that Muslims are in a higher order than Christians
B) to say that Muslims have three times the value of Buddhists
C) to distinguish the people in your study in regard to religious affiliation
D) to treat this variable as though it were measured at the interval level