Determining the order of finishing a race would involvement measurement on a __________________ scale of measurement. Ordinal Interval Nominal Ratio

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Section10.1: Measures Of Center
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Determining the order of finishing a race would involvement measurement on a __________________ scale of measurement.

Ordinal

Interval

Nominal

Ratio

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A scale of measurement is of two types -qualitative and quantitative scale. A qualitative scale states non numeric measures such as the quality of a product and a quantitative scale indicates measurement with numbers.

A qualitative scale is of two types- nominal and ordinal scale .A nominal scale is used to name a measurement measurement and the ordinal scale indicates the order of a scale. A quantitative scale is of two types -interval scale and ratio scale.

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