Name the four measurement scales (Stevens, 1946). Identify appropriate measures

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Name the four measurement scales (Stevens, 1946). Identify appropriate measures of central tendency for these four measurement scales A fever thermometer measures temperature on Ordinal scale Interval Scale Ration scale a or b but nit c a or c but not b or c but not a not enough information You have a colleague who is interested in studying her legal team's experience related to people with disabilities. She wants to send her employees a short email, but is not confident how she should best set up the questions or response scales. Choose the type of response scale you would use, provide an example question/item using the response scale of your choice for item a-f below, and briefly explain why you chose this type of response scale. Team member age Sex/gender of team member Race/ethnicity of team member Team member familiarity with disability laws Number of currently disabled clients assigned to team member Degree of comfort working with disabled clients

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Type of measurement scale Central tendency measure

i) Nominal scale Mode

ii) Ordinal scale   Median

iii) ratio scale Symmetrical data: Mean Skewed data: Median

iv) interval scale Symmetrical data: Mean Skewed data: Median

2.c) ratio scale

3.a) ratio scale

b) nominal scale

c) nomial scale

d) ordinal scale

e) interval scale

f) ordinal scale

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