What is the level of measurement of the variable presented in this table? Table

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What is the level of measurement of the variable presented in this table?

Table 1 Frequency Counts and Percentages on Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Index

(CES-D) Scores

Range of Scores

Percentage (%)

Cuellar, N., Cochran, S., Ladner, C., Mercier, B., Townsend, A., Harbaugh, B., et al. (2003). Depression and the use of conventional and nonconventional interventions b rural patients. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 9(5), p. 155.

Nominal

Ordinal

Interval

Ratio

Range of Scores

Total: N = 120

Percentage (%)

0-15 (not depressed) 76 63 16-20 (mild depression) 15 12.5 21-30 (moderate depression) 15 12.5 >31 (severe depression) 14 12

Explanation / Answer

Level of measurements is interal scale since there is a distance measured and did not have absolute zero like ratios

Answer: level of measurements is Interval

Answer is " C"

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