A poll asked people in a certain country, "Thinking about your finances today, would you say that it is now a good time or a bad time to take a lengthy vacation ?

The choices were: "Good time " or "Bad time ."

a. What kind of variable is the response?

Qualitative variable

Step-by-step explanation:

The response variable is qualitative because it can be categorize as "Good time" or "Bad time". The time is also rated as "Good" or "Bad" for taking a lengthy vacation and so it involves ordinal scale of measurement.

We can say that our response variable is qualitative and ordinal. In short response variable is of qualitative type of variable and the scale of measurement it involves is ordinal scale.