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QUESTION:

Consider a social conservatism scale (SCS) that ranges from 0 to 50 (0 – extremely socially conservative to 50 -- extremely socially liberal). Which of the following is true regarding the quantitative variable SCS?

SCS is an interval variable

SCS is a ratio variable

ANSWER:

SCS is an interval variable

This is correct. SCS is an interval variable since the value SCS=0 does not mean “no social views”. In fact, SCS=0 means that the person has a very strong social views of extreme conservatism. Also, it doesn’t really make sense to talk about ratios. If for person X SCS=40 and for person Y SCS=10, we can’t really to say that person Y is socially liberal 40/10=4 times more than person X.

Posted by Cleveland on September 18, 2024