Identify the main characteristics of measurement on nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio scales
What will be an ideal response?
Nominal scale: Data are in categories with no numerical measurement.
Ordinal scale: Data are ranked so relative size is apparent but not absolute differences.
Interval scale: The absolute difference between any two data points is known but not ratios.
Ratio scale: There is an absolute zero point so that distances between data points is known and ratios of scores are meaningful.
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