A business is attempting to find the best small town in the United States in which to relocate.As part of the investigation, the elevations of all small towns in the United States are researched.Some towns are located high in the Rockies with elevations over 8,000 feet.There are even some towns located in the south central valley of California with elevations below sea level.These elevations can best be described as which level of data?
A)Interval level
B)Ordinal level
C)Nominal level
D)Ratio level
E)Relative level

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Elevation data is at the interval level because it has meaningful differences between values and a true zero point is not meaningful in this context (e.g., 0 feet does not imply a lack of elevation).

A Business Is Attempting to Find the Best Small Town