For Teaching Purposes, Measurement Scales Are Often Depicted as Levels

question 62

Multiple Choice

For teaching purposes, measurement scales are often depicted as levels within a pyramid. What would NOT be shown on the pyramid?

• A) "Descriptive" would be on the bottom of the pyramid as it is the most basic and is present in every scale
• B) "origin" would be on the top of the pyramid as it is the first level; the starting point
• C) "distance" would be above "order" because as a scale, in order to have "distance" you must first have order
• D) "origin" is above "distance" because "origin" has "distance" but "distance" does not have "origin"
• E) "order" is above "descriptive" because you are looking at relative size of descriptors

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