EXPLANATION: The rating is interval scale not ordinal scale because the difference in rating
between "80" and "90" can be treated as the same as the difference between "30" and "40" but a
rating of "80" does not imply twice the level of satisfaction level as a rating of "40".
KEYWORDS: interval scale, types of data
1-8 Defining and Collecting Data
-Referring to Scenario 1-1, the possible responses to the question "What is your age at last
Birthday?" result in
A) a nominal scale variable.
B) an ordinal scale variable.
C) an interval scale variable.
D) a ratio scale variable.
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