What is the level of measurement for the following variable: Education level measured degree earned with the categories: less than high school, high school diploma/GED, some college, associate's degree, bachelor's degree, graduate degree.
A) Nominal
B) Ordinal
C) Interval
D) Ratio

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The variable is measured with categories that have a natural order from less education to more education. However, the intervals between the categories are not necessarily equal as there may be different levels of education within each category (e.g. someone with an associate's degree may have completed more college credits than someone with only some college). Therefore, the variable is best considered to be ordinal.

What Is the Level of Measurement for the Following Variable