As part of the physical therapy evaluation for a patient post-stroke in an inpatient rehabilitation setting,you administer a standardized functional measure in which you assign a rating that corresponds to the amount of physical assistance the patient requires for a transfer (no assistance,minimal assistance,moderate assistance,maximal assistance,total assistance).What type of scale is this data?

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This data is an example of an ordinal scale because it involves ranking or ordering of the levels of assistance required (no assistance, minimal assistance, moderate assistance, maximal assistance, total assistance) without specifying the exact difference between these levels.

As Part of the Physical Therapy Evaluation for a Patient