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Rating employee performance on a five-point scale is most likely an example of which level of measurement?
Suggested Answer: B
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17 comments · newest first
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Maybelle
24 days ago
Right! It's about ranking, not just naming.
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Britt
29 days ago
Ratings imply a scale, so definitely ordinal.
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Corinne
1 month ago
True, but still feels like just labels to me.
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Maybelle
1 month ago
Exactly! One star is worse than three stars.
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Britt
1 month ago
No way, Charlie. There's a clear order in ratings.
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Corinne
2 months ago
But isn't it more like A) Nominal? Just categories?
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Maybelle
2 months ago
Agreed, Alice. You can't measure exact differences.
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Britt
2 months ago
I think it's B) Ordinal. It ranks performance.
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Mireya
2 months ago
I agree, ordinal makes the most sense here.
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Luann
2 months ago
Wait, is it really just ordinal? That feels too simple.
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Matthew
3 months ago
Seems like a no-brainer, it's B for sure!
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Claribel
3 months ago
I thought it was interval, but I guess not.
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Tyisha
3 months ago
Definitely ordinal, it's about ranking!
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Brice
3 months ago
I’m a bit confused, though. Could it be interval since the differences between the ratings might matter?
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Kara
3 months ago
I feel like I've seen similar questions before, and I think they said ordinal is the right choice for things like performance ratings.
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Dick
3 months ago
I remember something about nominal being categories without order, so it can't be that.
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Josue
4 months ago
I think it's ordinal because the ratings indicate a rank order, but I'm not completely sure.