A level of measurement describing a variable whose attributes are rank-ordered and have equal distances between adjacent attributes are _____ measures.
A)ratio
B)interval
C)ordinal
D)nominal
E)theoretical

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This level of measurement is known as interval measurement. It is characterized by equal distances between adjacent attributes, and the attributes are also rank-ordered like in ordinal measurement. However, unlike ordinal measurement, it also has a meaningful zero point. Ratio measurement is similar to interval measurement, but it has a unique feature whereby ratios between attributes are meaningful (e.g., weight and height). Nominal measurement, on the other hand, describes variables whose attributes are merely categorizations and cannot be compared in terms of order or magnitude. Theoretical measurement refers to measurement in the abstract sense, where the measurement scale is hypothetical and not yet empirically tested.

A Level of Measurement Describing a Variable Whose Attributes Are