Researchers can convert variables from interval or ratio levels of measurement to the lower levels of ordinal or nominal but cannot change data collected at the ordinal or nominal levels to interval or ratio.

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Variables measured at higher levels (interval or ratio) can be simplified to lower levels (ordinal or nominal), but the reverse is not possible because lower levels lack the necessary quantitative information.

Researchers Can Convert Variables from Interval or Ratio Levels of Measurement