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a)

Parental education would be the independent variable and it would be of nominal scale if given the level of education and continous if years of education.

b)

Delinquent behaviour of children is the dependent variable.

c)

Deliquent behaviour can be measured in point scale- 1 to 5 with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest.

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