In ordinal scales
A)there is no order implied between scale categories.
B)arithmetic operations are limited to statistics such as the median or mode.
C)arithmetic operations include the computation of the mean.
D)it is possible to make comparisons of absolute magnitude.
E)none of the above.

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Ordinal scales do imply an order between scale categories, but the distance between each category is not equal, so arithmetic operations such as addition and subtraction are not meaningful. However, the median or mode can be calculated. Comparisons can be made, but only in terms of relative ranking, not absolute magnitude.

In Ordinal Scales