When a Survey Uses the Responses Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral

question 16

Multiple Choice

When a survey uses the responses strongly disagree, disagree, neutral, agree, strongly agree, what type of data are collected?

• A) ordinal data
• B) nominal data
• C) cross-sectional data
• D) time series data
• E) quantitative data

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Definitions:

Tax Base

The tax base is the total amount of income, property, assets, or other wealth that is subject to taxation by a taxing authority.

Marginal Tax Rate

The rate at which the next dollar of taxable income is taxed, indicating the impact of each additional dollar of income on taxes owed.

Additional Income

Extra earnings obtained beyond the regular sources of income or revenue.

Proportional Tax

A tax whose burden is the same proportion of income for all households.