Professor Ethan Enright developed a measure of an ideal place to live.He added together measures of many factors: tax rate,quality of school system,cultural and recreational opportunities,pollution,traffic congestion,crime rate,and health-care availability for 50 Canadian cities to get a score for each.Dr.Enright created a(n)
A)index.
B)scale.
C)measure of central tendency.
D)statistic.
E)item analysis.

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Dr. Enright developed an index which combines measures of different factors to arrive at an overall score for each city. An index is a type of composite measure that combines different indicators to create an aggregate score.

Professor Ethan Enright Developed a Measure of an Ideal Place