A research project asks people to state the number of times that they have been arrested. This variable would be considered at which level of measurement
A)nominal
B)ordinal
C)interval
D)ratio

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The number of times people have been arrested is a ratio level of measurement because it has a natural zero point (indicating no arrests) and allows for meaningful comparisons between measurements (e.g., someone arrested twice has been arrested twice as many times as someone arrested once).

A Research Project Asks People to State the Number of Times