The following are brief descriptions of how researchers measured a variable. For

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The following are brief descriptions of how researchers measured a variable. For each situation determine the level of measurement of the variable. Choices 1-3 may be used more than once. (I have listed the statements here in case you can't see the entire statement). Race. Respondents were asked to select a category from a list of three. Honesty. Respondents were watched during daily activities and were ranked from 1 - 7 on their level of honest. Social class. Subjects were asked to determine their family's financial situation on a scale from 1 - 5. Education. Subjects were asked how many years of schooling they had completed. Number of children. Subjects were asked "How many children have you ever had."

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Levels of measurement can be determined as:

Race: Nominal

Honesty: Ordinal

Social Class: Ordinal

Education: Ratio

Number of Children: Ratio

Nominal represents categoricl values, ordinal represents ordered values and ration represents values that permit numerical comparisons.

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