Accounting and Machiavellianism. Behavioral Research in Accounting (January 2008) published a study of Machiavellian traits in accountants. Machiavellian describes negative character traits that include manipulation, cunning, duplicity, deception, and bad faith. A questionnaire was administered to a random sample of 700 accounting alumni of a large southwestern university.
Several variables were measured, including age, gender, level of education, income, job satisfaction score, and Machiavellian (‘‘Mach'') rating score. What type of data (quantitative or qualitative) is produced by each of the variables measured?