Blood type is measured on which of the following?
A) Nominal scale
B) Ordinal scale
C) Interval scale
D) Ratio scale
A
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There are four levels of measurement: (1) nominal measurement—the classification of attributes into mutually exclusive categories such as blood type; (2) ordinal measurement—the ranking of people based on their relative standing on an attribute; (3) interval measurement—indicating not only people's rank order but the distance between them; and (4) ratio measurement—distinguished from interval measurement by having a rational zero point and thus providing information about the absolute magnitude of the attribute.
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