Rick Irizarry of Irizarry Insurance Company Is Conducting a Survey

question 69

Multiple Choice

Rick Irizarry of Irizarry Insurance Company is conducting a survey of potential customers.Age is an important issue in determining life insurance premiums.Rick considers asking for age in the following way: How old are you? ___ years
Rick should consider the type of the measurement scale to be:

• A)nominal.
• B)ordinal.
• C)interval.
• D)ratio.
• E)categorical.

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