A Student Finds a Tool That Measures Adaptability and Wants

question 19

Multiple Choice

A student finds a tool that measures adaptability and wants to use it for the student's master's thesis. The tool has 25 items, and they are all of the ordinal level, scaled 0 through 5. The authors of the tool, all pragmatists, are most likely to identify which level of measurement for this tool?

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

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Definitions:

Upper Mantle

The portion of the Earth's mantle that lies beneath the lithosphere, involved in tectonic processes and convection currents.

Lower Mantle

The lower mantle is the region of the Earth's interior between the core-mantle boundary and the upper mantle, characterized by high temperatures and pressures, composed mostly of silicate minerals.

Outer Core

The molten outer part of Earth’s core, extending from a depth of 2,900 km to 5,100 km.

Inner Core

The solid central part of Earth’s core, extending from a depth of about 5,100 kilometers to the center of Earth (6,371 kilometers); its radius is about one-third of the whole core.