An ordinal variable is one that contains categories that:
A) have an obvious order, but the difference in values is not meaningful.
B) do not have an obvious ordering.
C) have an obvious ordering, and the difference in values is meaningful.
D) None of the answers is correct.

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Ordinal variables have categories with a meaningful order, but the difference between the values is not necessarily equal. For example, a rating scale from 1 to 5 has an obvious order, but it is not necessarily the case that the difference between a rating of 1 and 2 is the same as the difference between a rating of 4 and 5. Thus, choice A is the best answer.

An Ordinal Variable Is One That Contains Categories That