Data characteristics that can be ranked are measured on which scale?
a. Interval
b. Nominal
c. Ordinal
d. Ratio
ANS: C
Data that are measured at the ordinal level can be assigned to categories that can be ranked.
Interval scales have equal numeric divisions between groupings.
Nominal data are put in categories that may have no relation to each other.
Ratio data meet all the requirements of interval and have a true zero.
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