Safrina developed a way to measure sexist attitudes. It worked such that a person with a sexist attitude score of zero truly had neutral attitude. A person who had a score of 50 had exactly double the score of someone with a score of 25. She created an)
A) nominal variable.
B) interval variable.
C) ordinal variable.
D) ratio variable.

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Safrina's measurement of sexist attitudes is a ratio variable because it has a true zero point (indicating a neutral attitude) and equal intervals between scores, allowing for meaningful comparisons of magnitude and the calculation of ratios.

Safrina Developed a Way to Measure Sexist Attitudes