Chapter 1 Activity-Introduction to Statistics and Frequency Distributions-Measurement

The dependent variable in this study is how far each Teacher went on the shock scale. A score of 0 would mean that they were unwilling to administer any shocks while a score of 30 would mean that they went to the very end of the scale (450 volts labeled XXXX). The fact that each numerical label on the scale increased by 15 volts suggests that this "shock administered" variable is measured on _______ scale of measurement.

a. nominal

b. ordinal

c. interval/ratio