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swpotter12

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Discrete variables represent variables measured in _____, and continuous variables represent variables measured in _____.
 
  a. whole units; whole units and/or fractional amounts
  b. whole units and/or fractional amounts; whole units
  c. nominal and ordinal scales; interval and ratio scales
  d. whole units and usually nominal and ordinal scales; whole units and/or fractional amounts and usually interval and ratio scales

Question 2

A scale of measurement in which, in addition to order and equal units of measurement, there is an absolute zero that indicates an absence of the variable being measured is a(n) _____ scale.
 
  a. nominal
  b. ordinal
  c. interval
  d. ratio



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

d



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