TABLE 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 Table 1-2, the possible responses to the question "How many people in your household are unemployed currently?" 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 question asks for the number of people in the household who are unemployed, which is a measure of a quantity that can be measured on a ratio scale. A ratio scale allows for meaningful comparison of magnitudes and has a true zero point, indicating the absence of the attribute being measured. Thus, the response options represent a ratio scale variable.

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