If Gallup, Harris, and other pollsters asked people to indicate their political party affiliation as Democrat, Republican, or Independent, the data gathered would be an example of which scale of measurement?
A) Nominal
B) Ordinal
C) Interval
D) Ratio

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The options of Democrat, Republican, or Independent are categories that cannot be ranked or ordered in any meaningful way, making it a nominal scale of measurement.

If Gallup, Harris, and Other Pollsters Asked People to Indicate