Leslie is studying test anxiety and administers a test to his research participants that asks them to rate their anxiety in various situations on a scale of 0 (no anxiety)to 10 (the worst anxiety imaginable).He then uses the scores to divide his participants into high,medium,and low anxiety groups.Leslie's "high-medium-low" scale is best described as an example of a(n)____ scale.
A)nominal
B)ordinal
C)interval
D)ratio

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Leslie's scale orders the participants based on their anxiety scores, making it an ordinal scale. While the scale has specific numbers assigned to each level of anxiety, the differences between the numbers aren't necessarily equal or meaningful in terms of magnitude. Therefore, it cannot be considered an interval or ratio scale. And since the anxiety groups are not named or labeled distinctively, it can't be considered a nominal scale either.

Leslie Is Studying Test Anxiety and Administers a Test to His