Measures of jail capacity were operationalized as whether or not there were more inmates housed at the end of the year than the original building design called for. This would be an example of what level of measurement?
A) nominal
B) ordinal
C) interval
D) ratio

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This is an example of nominal measurement because it categorizes jails into two groups based on a specific characteristic (whether or not they are over capacity), without implying any order, distance, or ratio between the categories.

Measures of Jail Capacity Were Operationalized as Whether or Not