SCENARIO 1-2
A Wall Street Journal poll asked 2,150 adults in the U.S.a series of questions to find out their view on the U.S.economy.
-Referring to Scenario 1-2,the possible responses to the question "How would you rate the condition of the U.S.economy with 1 = excellent,2 = good,3 = decent,4 = poor,5 = terrible?" result in

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The responses represent an ordinal scale variable because they have a specific order or ranking (from excellent to terrible) but the numerical difference between each response is not necessarily equal. For example, the difference between "excellent" and "good" may not be the same as the difference between "decent" and "poor."

SCENARIO 1-2 a Wall Street Journal Poll Asked 2,150 Adults in the in the U.S.a