Operational Definitions In the play, The Devil and Daniel Webster, Webster agreed to plead for his client's soul before a jury composed of "the quick and the dead." His criteria for jury selection implied a ____ scale of measurement.
A)nominal
B)ordinal
C)interval
D)ratio

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The criteria for jury selection based on the categories of "the quick and the dead" imply a nominal scale of measurement, as it categorizes individuals without implying any order, rank, or measurable difference between the categories.

Operational Definitions in the Play, the Devil and Daniel Webster