Professor Harris is constructing a demographic questionnaire for use in a research project.One question asks students to report their highest level of education by choosing from these options: "some high school," "completed high school," "some college," or "completed 4-year college degree." This is an example of a/an:
A)nominal scale.
B)ordinal scale.
C)interval scale.
D)ratio scale.

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This is an example of an ordinal scale as the responses can be put in a ranked order, but the differences between the categories are not necessarily equal. For example, the difference between "completed high school" and "some college" might not be the same as the difference between "some college" and "completed 4-year college degree."

Professor Harris Is Constructing a Demographic Questionnaire for Use in a Research