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Including an \"Other\" category in a survey question would ensure that the quest

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Question

Including an "Other" category in a survey question would ensure that the question has what type of categories? a. Exhaustive b. Mutually Exclusive c. Nominal d. Ordinal Which level of data has an artificial zero point? (The definition of "artificial" is that zero does not mean the absence of something.) a. Interval b. Nominal c. Ordinal d. Ratio Youngest Child/Middle Child/Oldest Child: Which level of data is this? a. Interval b. Nominal c. Ordinal d. Ratio The "Mode" of a normal distribution equals the: a. Average b. Mean c. Median d. All of the above

Explanation / Answer

Answer:

1). a. Exhaustive

The other category includes all other possibilities and the question becomes mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive.

2). a. Interval

Interval scale does not have absolute zero point. Example of an interval scale is temperature, either measured on a Fahrenheit or Celsius scale.

3). c. Ordinal

An ordinal scale indicates direction, in addition to providing nominal information. Example: Low/Medium/High

4). d. All of the above.

For a normal distribution, mean, median and mode are equal.