Classifying patients as highly anxious, moderately anxious, or not at all anxious would be an example of the use of a(n) ____ scale of measurement.

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An ordinal scale is used to rank or order objects or items based on the level or degree of the characteristic being measured. In this case, the patients are being ranked into different levels of anxiety, but the difference between each level is not necessarily equal. Therefore, an ordinal scale is appropriate. The other options (interval, ratio, nominal) are not appropriate because they involve more specific numerical measures that do not apply to this situation.

Classifying Patients as Highly Anxious, Moderately Anxious, or Not at All