Question 1165344: What type of scale is being used for each of the following measurements?
a. Number of arithmetic problems correctly solved _______________
b. Type of phobia _______________
c. Self-esteem, as measured by self-report questionnaire _______________
d. Annual income in dollars _______________
e. Theoretical orientation toward psychotherapy _______________
f. Heart rate in beats per minute _______________
Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! a. Ratio--has meaningful zero and interval.
b. Nominal
c. Ordinal--there are ranks
d. Ratio
e, Ordinal-there are ranks.
f. Interval is realistic since a rate of 0 is death, but it can be treated as ratio, and the same argument could be made about an annual income of 0.
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