A professor wants to determine the male-female ratio in his college. He designs a questionnaire in which a respondent only needs to choose between two choices, male and female. The scale used by the professor is an example of the _____ scale.
A) ordinal
B) nominal
C) ratio
D) interval
E) Likert

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The scale used by the professor is an example of a nominal scale because it categorizes respondents into two non-ordered, distinct groups (male and female) without any inherent value or ranking associated with them.

A Professor Wants to Determine the Male-Female Ratio in His