A kindergarten teacher asks her students how hungry they are: "Not at all," "Only a little," "Kind of," or "Starving." This variable may best be described as being measured at the ______ level of measurement
A) nominal
B) ordinal
C) interval
D) ratio

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The variable is being measured in order of increasing hunger, making it an ordinal level of measurement. Nominal level of measurement involves grouping things into categories with no inherent order, interval level of measurement involves equal intervals between categories and a meaningful zero point, and ratio level of measurement involves equal intervals between categories, a meaningful zero point, and the ability to meaningfully compare ratios between categories.

A Kindergarten Teacher Asks Her Students How Hungry They Are