Which of the following statements is NOT true of an ordinal scale?
A) It has the property of identity.
B) It has the property of order.
C) The mean is an appropriate measure of average.
D) All of the above are true of an ordinal scale.
E) a and c only are not true of an ordinal scale.

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The mean is not an appropriate measure of average for an ordinal scale because ordinal data only indicate order and not the magnitude of difference between items.

Which of the Following Statements Is NOT True of an Ordinal