The reported unemployment is 5.5% of the population.What type of scale is used to measure unemployment?
A)Nominal
B)Ordinal
C)Interval or ratio
D)Descriptive

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Interval or ratio scale is used to measure unemployment because it involves measuring a numerical value that has a meaningful zero point and equal intervals between each value. In this case, the unemployment rate of 5.5% represents a proportion of the population that is unemployed, and a value of zero unemployment would indicate no unemployed individuals in the population. Therefore, it falls under the interval or ratio scale of measurement. Nominal and ordinal scales are not appropriate for measuring unemployment as they do not involve numerical values or equal intervals. Descriptive scale is not a recognized scale of measurement in statistics.

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