EXPLANATION: the Rating Is Ordinal Scale Not an Interval Scale

question 102

Multiple Choice

EXPLANATION: The rating is ordinal scale not an interval scale because the difference in rating
between "excellent" and "good" does not have to be the same as the difference between "poor" and
"terrible".
KEYWORDS: ordinal scale, types of data
-Referring to Scenario 1-1, the possible responses to the question "What brand of Blu-ray player
Did you purchase?" 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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