Twenty volunteers are shown a movie about a party. After viewing, participants are asked to rate their reactions to the movie using a scale from 1 to 7. In this example, what would be the data??
a. ?The participants
b. ?The movie
c. ?The party
d. ?The ratings
ANSWER:
d
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