A researcher has measured fear of crime by asking the subjects whether or not they were afraid of crime and by asking them to rate from 1 - 10 their own fear of crime.Which is the highest level of measurement that is illustrated by this example?
A) nominal
B) ordinal
C) interval
D) ratio

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The rating from 1 to 10 allows for ordering of responses from least to most fear, which is characteristic of ordinal measurement. Nominal measurement would only categorize without implying any order, interval measurement requires equal intervals between points (which is not clearly indicated here), and ratio measurement includes a true zero point, which is not applicable to fear ratings.

A Researcher Has Measured Fear of Crime by Asking the Subjects