A study was done on the campus of a major state institution to measure attitudes of students towards the recent fee increase.One question asks respondents to rank the five fees they are willing to pay from 1=most willing to 5=least willing.This is scaled as: ____ Computer fee
____ Library fee
____ Parking fee
____ Student Center fee
____ Kinesiology Building fee
A)Nominal scale.
B)Ordinal scale.
C)Interval scale.
D)Ratio scale.
E)None of the above.

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The question asks respondents to rank fees from 1 to 5 based on their willingness to pay. This creates an order for the fees, making it an example of an ordinal scale. It does not measure the magnitude of differences between the ranks, which is necessary for interval or ratio scales. Nominal scales do not have an order, making it an incorrect choice for this question.

A Study Was Done on the Campus of a Major