A researcher measured attitudes about a proposed health reform bill with the categories strongly agree, agree, indifferent, disagree, and strongly disagree. The researcher was using the ______ level of measurement.
A) nominal
B) interval
C) ratio
D) ordinal

Question

A researcher measured attitudes about a proposed health reform bill with the categories strongly agree, agree, indifferent, disagree, and strongly disagree. The researcher was using the ______ level of measurement.​
A) ​nominal
B) ​interval
C) ​ratio
D) ​ordinal

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The researcher measured attitudes using a ranking system, from strongest agreement to strongest disagreement. This indicates the use of ordinal measurement, where data is ordered but there is no equal distance between categories. Nominal measurement is used to categorize data into distinct groups, while interval and ratio measurement involve equal distance between categories and the presence of a true zero point, respectively.

A Researcher Measured Attitudes About a Proposed Health Reform Bill