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
A) a nominal scale variable.
B) an ordinal scale variable.
C) an interval scale variable.
D) a ratio scale variable.

Question

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The responses represent an ordinal scale variable because they indicate a ranking or order of the condition of the U.S. economy from excellent to terrible, but the intervals between the responses are not necessarily equal.

Referring to Scenario 1-2, the Possible Responses to the Question