Use the Information Below to Answer the Following Question

question 13

Multiple Choice

Use the information below to answer the following question:
A social work student is interested in studying the relationship between an adult's age and His or her view on national healthcare reform. The student plans to compare adults who Consider themselves Extremely Anti-reform, Anti-reform, Neutral, Pro-reform, and Extremely Pro-reform. The researcher chose to measure age as a number between 18 to 110. What level of Measurement is age for this research question?

• A)Nominal
• B)Ordinal
• C)Interval
• D )Ratio

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Definitions:

Negatively Worded

relates to items or questions in surveys or assessments that are phrased in a manner where agreement indicates a lack or decline of the trait or behavior of interest.

Simplistic

An overly simple view or explanation of something that does not account for all the complexities involved.

Social Desirability

The tendency of respondents to answer questions in a manner that will be viewed favorably by others.

Misrepresent

To give a false or misleading representation of facts or information.