A measure of recidivism risk for juveniles completing a diversionary program instead of a traditional residential sentence,which ranks their level of risk as low,medium,or high is using which level of measurement?
A)ratio
B)nominal
C)ordinal
D)interval
E)qualitative

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This is an example of ordinal measurement, as it involves ranking juveniles into three categories based on their level of recidivism risk. Nominal measurement would simply categorize them without ranking them, while interval and ratio measurement would require precise numerical values to be assigned to the level of risk - which may not be possible or accurate in this case. Qualitative measurement refers to non-numerical data, so it does not apply here.

A Measure of Recidivism Risk for Juveniles Completing a Diversionary