The race of police officers in a major southwestern city includes members from Asian (1), black (2), Hispanic (3), white (4), and other groups. This classification is working at the _______ level of measurement

a. nominal
b. ordinal
c. interval/ratio
d. all of the above


(a) nominal

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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a. The rate of school violence has been decreasing in recent years. b. The United States has one of the lowest rates of school violence in the world. c. Most murders of school-age children occur in or around school. d. The media has failed to adequately cover stories of school shootings.

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