A researcher conducts a study to examine the effects of breastfeeding on infant weight at age 6 months.Which type of measurement is used to measure the infants' weight?
A) Direct
B) Indirect
C) Nominal
D) Ordinal

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Direct measurement allows for measures of concrete factors,such as a person's height or weight.Indirect measurement measures abstract ideas or characteristics and often must use more than one measure to measure all aspects of the concept.Nominal level measurement is used when data can be organized into categories of a defined property,such as a disease diagnosis,but when categories cannot be rank ordered.Ordinal level measurement is used when data collected can be rank ordered.

A Researcher Conducts a Study to Examine the Effects of Breastfeeding