SOLUTION: The hotel ratings are usually on a scale from 0 star to 5 stars. The level of this measurement is: Please Justify Answer (a) interval (b) nominal (c) ordinal (d) ratio

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Question 1097419: The hotel ratings are usually on a scale from 0 star to 5 stars. The level of this measurement is:
Please Justify Answer
(a) interval
(b) nominal
(c) ordinal
(d) ratio

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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This is ordinal.
Interval has equal meaning between each value, like temperature. Good and Excellent and Fair to Good don't have equal meaning.
Nominal have no value applied, and the stars do.
Ratio is a special case of interval where 0 matters.