The variable socioeconomic status ranges from upper class to lower class and is an example of the________.
A) nominal level of measurement .
B) ordinal level of measurement.
C) interval-ratio level of measurement.
D) ratio level of measurement.

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Socioeconomic status can be ordered from high to low, but there is no fixed unit of measurement or true zero point, which are characteristic of interval-ratio and ratio levels of measurement. Therefore, it falls under the ordinal level of measurement.

The Variable Socioeconomic Status Ranges from Upper Class to Lower