A university wishes to conduct a student survey. In one of the questions students are asked to mark their gender as either male or female. Gender is an example of the
A)ordinal scale.
B)nominal scale.
C)ratio scale.
D)interval scale.

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Gender is a categorical variable that cannot be measured in numerical terms, so it is an example of a nominal scale. The other options require numerical values or imply a measurable quantity. An ordinal scale involves ranking items based on a specific attribute, a ratio scale includes a true zero point and equal intervals, and an interval scale involves equal intervals but no true zero point.

A University Wishes to Conduct a Student Survey