What Type of Scale Is the Following? What Was Your

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Multiple Choice

What type of scale is the following? What was your annual gross income (before taxes) last year? $____.

• A) Nominal scale
• B) Ordinal scale
• C) Interval scale
• D) Ratio scale
• E) Constant-sum scale

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