The nurse is completing a questionnaire that asks for the nurse's area of specialization in nursing (Peds, OB, Med-Surg). On which scale is this data measured?
1. Ordinal scale.
2. Ratio scale.
3. Interval scale.
4. Nominal scale.
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Rationale 1: Data that can be rank ordered, as well as placed into categories, are considered to be at the ordinal level of measurement.
Rationale 2: Ratio level of measurement includes data that can be categorized and ranked; in addition, the distance between ranks can be specified, and a "true" or natural zero point can be identified.
Rationale 3: Interval level of measurement concerns data that not only can be placed into categories and ranked, but also the distance between the ranks can be specified.
Rationale 4: Data measured by a quantitative difference between categories that are mutually exclusive and mutually exhaustive is nominal level data.
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