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| naming; participants respond with words; does not put participants in any particular mathematical order |
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| ordering; measurements place participants in order from high to low |
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| equal interval without an absolute zero (ex: multiple choice achievement tests) |
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| equal interval with an absolute zero (ex: weight) |
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| If a researcher asks participants to name the country in which they were born, the researcher is using which scale of measurement? |
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| Which two scales of measurement have equal distances among the scores they yield? |
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| If a researcher assigns a teacher to rank students according to their oral-language skills, the researcher is using which scale of msmt.? |
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| Which scale of msmt. has an absolute zero? |
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| Which scale of msmt. is at the lowest level? |
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| Objective multiple choice achievement tests are usually assumed to measure at what level? |
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| If a researcher measures in such a way that he or she finds out which participant is the most honest, which is the next most honest, and so on, the researcher is measuring with what scale of msmt.? |
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| The number of minutes of overtime work that employees perform is an example of which scale of msmt.? |
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| Weight measured in pounds is an example of which scale of msmt.? |
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