TABLE 1-1 The Manager of the Customer Service Division of a Major

question 76

Multiple Choice

TABLE 1-1
The manager of the customer service division of a major consumer electronics company is interested in determining whether the customers who have purchased a videocassette recorder made by the company over the past 12 months are satisfied with their products.
-Referring to Table 1-1, the possible responses to the question "What brand of videocassette recorder did you purchase?" result in

• A) an interval scale variable.
• B) a ratio scale variable.
• C) an ordinal scale variable.
• D) a nominal scale variable.

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Definitions:

Phenotype

Characteristic observed in an individual due to the expression of his or her genotype.

Progeria

Severe retardation of growth after the first year accompanied by a senile appearance and death at an early age.

Parturition

The process of childbirth or the act of giving birth.

Physiological Changes

Modifications or adjustments in the functions or activities of the body as a response to various stimuli or environmental conditions.