A researcher wanted to know how many red or white or blue shirts were worn at the 16^th street mall in Denver on the 4^th of July. What type of scale did the researcher use? A) nominal B) ordinal C) normal D) dichotomous

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The researcher used a nominal scale because the data collected is categorical in nature and does not have any inherent order or magnitude. The researcher simply recorded whether each person was wearing a red, white, or blue shirt, without any ranking or hierarchy involved.

A Researcher Wanted to Know How Many Red or White