When there are only two candidates running for a given office, asking people who they favor by having them place a check mark next to the name of one of the candidates is an example of providing a _____ scale of measurement
a. Likert nominal c. bipolar interval
b. bipolar ratio d. dichotomous nominal
D
Likert scales are ordinal, not nominal. Bipolar scales involve the use of numbers with meaningful values. Because there are only two choices (candidates), the scale is dichotomous, and because the choices are people, the scale is nominal.
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