A committee is interested in where American adults from different age groups get their news from. There are approximately 210 million adults in the US. 5000 surveys are mailed out to WNY addresses and 1800 of them are completed and returned. The survey asked respondents to select all preferred news sources from a list of options, including Facebook, YouTube, Newspapers, Radio and Television. The committee finds that 1250 respondents indicated they get their news primarily from social media.   suppose they asked respondents to indicate the amount of time spent each day listening to news on the radio. What kind of scale would be used? a. Nominal b. Ordinal c. Interval d. Ratio

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A committee is interested in where American adults from different age groups get their
news from. There are approximately 210 million adults in the US. 5000 surveys are
mailed out to WNY addresses and 1800 of them are completed and returned. The
survey asked respondents to select all preferred news sources from a list of options,
including Facebook, YouTube, Newspapers, Radio and Television. The committee finds
that 1250 respondents indicated they get their news primarily from social media.

 

suppose they asked respondents to indicate the amount of time spent each day listening to news on the radio.

What kind of scale would be used?
a. Nominal
b. Ordinal
c. Interval
d. Ratio

 

 

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