Evans et al. (1998) recorded adrenaline levels of children who lived near a newly opened airport to see if the presence of the airport increased stress levels in children. (Increased stress would be associated with increases in adrenaline levels.) In this study we would most likely view adrenaline as
A) a ratio measurement of stress.
B) a nominal measure of stress.
C) somewhere between an ordinal and an interval measure of stress.
D) an absolute measure of stress.

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Adrenaline levels can be ordered from lowest to highest (ordinal), but the difference between each level is not necessarily equal (interval). Therefore, adrenaline levels are considered to be somewhere between an ordinal and an interval measure of stress.

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