Which measurement level has all of the attributes of the ordinal level and also allows the distance between any two numbers on the scale to be a known size?
A) Ordinal
B) Ratio
C) Interval
D) Nominal

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The interval measurement level has all of the attributes of the ordinal level (i.e. the ability to order or rank items) and the added feature of a known and equal distance between any two numbers on the scale. The ratio measurement level has all the attributes of the interval level, but with a true zero point (such as weight, where zero means an absence of weight), which enables multiplication and division operations. However, the question specifically mentions the "distance between any two numbers" which rules out the ratio level since it does not necessarily have a consistent distance between all numbers on the scale. The nominal measurement level only allows for categorization without any meaningful order or distance between categories.

Which Measurement Level Has All of the Attributes of the Ordinal