The nurse researcher is interested in having the greatest flexibility possible in choosing statistical procedures. The level of measurement used to achieve this is what?
a. Nominal
b. Ordinal
c. Interval
d. Ratio
ANS: D
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A Nominal-level data allow the least amount of mathematical manipulation.
B Ordinal-level data are limited in the amount of mathematical manipulation possible.
C Interval-level data allow for a great amount of data manipulation.
D Ratio measurement is the highest level of measurement; all mathematical procedures can be performed on data from ratio scales.
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