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Betty insists that ratio scales are the only measurement scales that contain the number 0 . Is she correct?
 
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Dr. Thompson has randomly assigned participants to walk for 30, 5, or 0 minutes and then measures their mood. How many conditions are present in this study?
 
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Answer to Question 1

Technically, Betty is only partially correct. Only ratio scales contain a true zero where the number 0 really means nothing is present. However, the number zero could be used in an interval or even nominal measurement--though this wouldn't reflect a true zero.

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Gracias!


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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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