The interchanging or switching of scale values among and between objects does not affect the originally intended purpose of the scale when the scale is
A) nominal.
B) ordinal.
C) interval.
D) ratio.
E) the interchanging of scale values always affects the purpose.

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Nominal scales are used for labeling variables without any quantitative value. The order or value of the labels does not matter, so interchanging them does not affect the purpose of the scale.

The Interchanging or Switching of Scale Values Among and Between