It is the manner in which the criterion is measured, not the criterion itself, that determines level of measurement.

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The level of measurement is determined by how a criterion is quantified or categorized, not by the nature of the criterion itself. This means that the same criterion can be measured at different levels (nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio) depending on how the measurement is structured.

It Is the Manner in Which the Criterion Is Measured