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sc00by25

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If he/she wanted to use the highest level of measurement possible, the researcher measuring respondent age would most likely suggest using _____ and a(n) _____ scale.
 a. an open-ended item; interval
  b. an open-ended item; ratio
  c. age range categories; ordinal
  d. age range categories; interval
  e. an open-ended item; nominal

Question 2

Which of the following is TRUE?
 a. The recording of a respondent's social class using the categories upper, middle, and lower represents the use of a nominal scale.
  b. An ordinal scale can be transformed in any manner possible, provided that the basic ordering of the objects is maintained.
  c. When the scale has an arbitrary zero point, it makes sense to say that A is twice as much as B.
  d. Interval scales possess an absolute zero point whereas ordinal scales do not.
  e. All the statements are false.



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

B



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