A research asks people on a scale of 1-20 how much do they fear becoming a victim of a violent crime. 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 scale of 1-20 for measuring fear of becoming a victim of a violent crime represents an interval level of measurement because it involves ordered categories with a meaningful distance between each point on the scale, but there is no true zero point indicating an absence of fear.

A Research Asks People on a Scale of 1-20 How