The variable "percent of a police department's officers who are female" (attributes: 0%, 1%, 2%, 3% … 99%, 100%) has what level of measurement?
A) nominal
B) ordinal
C) interval/ratio

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The variable "percent of a police department's officers who are female" can be measured on an interval/ratio scale because it has a meaningful zero point (0% indicates no female officers) and the intervals between each value have equal magnitude (each additional percentage point represents the same increase in female representation). Nominal and ordinal scales do not have a meaningful zero point or equal intervals between values.

The Variable "Percent of a Police Department's Officers Who Are