On a teacher evaluation form students are asked to rate their professor's performance as excellent, very good, good, and poor. This is an example of the
A)ordinal scale
B)ratio scale
C)nominal scale
D)interval scale

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The options given for rating the professor's performance (excellent, very good, good, and poor) have a clear rank order, which makes it an ordinal scale. The scale does not have equal intervals between each rating option, so it cannot be an interval or ratio scale. It is also not a nominal scale, as the options do not simply represent different categories without any implied order or ranking.

On a Teacher Evaluation Form Students Are Asked to Rate