A person who is 50 years old can be said to be twice as old as a person who is 25 years old, because the measurement of age is made with a scale.
A)nominal
B)ordinal
C)ratio
D)interval

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The statement involves a comparison of age based on a scale that includes a true zero point (birth). This is characteristic of ratio measurement. Nominal measurement involves categories with no inherent order, ordinal measurement involves categories with a relative order but no equal intervals, and interval measurement involves categories with equal intervals but no true zero point.

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