When Techniques Designed to Include Ordinal Level Variables in Regression

question 32

Multiple Choice

When techniques designed to include ordinal level variables in regression analysis, the price one pays is:

• A) a weakened ability to predict independent variable values
• B) a weakened ability to predict dependent variable values
• C) minimal, ordinal level variables are sufficient
• D) none of the above

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