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

question 106

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 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 Blu-ray player made by the company over the past 12 months are satisfied with their products.
-Referring to Scenario 1-1,the possible responses to the question "Are you happy,indifferent,or unhappy with the performance per dollar spent on the Blu-ray player?" result in

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

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Definitions:

Bridge Circuit

A circuit that consists of four sections connected in series to form a closed loop.

D'Arsonval Shunt

A D'Arsonval shunt is a precision resistor used in conjunction with a D'Arsonval meter movement to allow the measurement of high currents by diverting some of the current away from the sensitive galvanometer coil.

Contact Resistance

The resistance to the flow of electricity encountered at the point where two conductive surfaces meet or connect.

Typical Impedance

A standard or average measure of the total resistance faced by current in an electrical circuit, combining both resistive and reactive elements.