The production report generated at the city police department contains the number of arrests made by each officer on a monthly basis. The number of arrests would be what level of measurement?

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The number of arrests made by each officer is a measurable quantity and it possesses all the properties of ratio measurement: it has an absolute zero point (i.e., no arrests made), there can be meaningful ratios (e.g., one officer made twice as many arrests as another officer), and the values can be ordered. Therefore, the best choice for the level of measurement is Ratio.

The Production Report Generated at the City Police Department Contains