What additional information is obtained by measuring two individuals on an interval scale compared to a ordinal scale?
A)Whether the measurements are the same or different
B)The direction of the difference
C)The size of the difference
D)None of the other options is correct

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Measuring two individuals on an interval scale provides information about the size of the difference between their measurements, which is not obtainable from an ordinal scale. While an ordinal scale specifies the rank order of the measurements, it does not indicate how much greater or lesser each measurement is compared to the others.

What Additional Information Is Obtained by Measuring Two Individuals on an Interval