In a national survey of drug abuse, the variable "drug involvement" is measured by averaging the responses to ten questions. Respondents are asked to rate their use of ten different types of drugs on a 1 (no use) to 5 (frequent use) scale. What is the level of measurement that scores on this variable represent?

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9 February, 14:48

In a national survey of drug abuse, the variable "drug involvement" is measured by averaging the responses to ten questions. Respondents are asked to rate their use of ten different types of drugs on a 1 (no use) to 5 (frequent use) scale. What is the level of measurement that scores on this variable represent?

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Chaim Roman · Answer 1

Interval

Explanation:

In the interval level of measurement the distance between the intervals and the classifies the order of the measurements also. It is the third level of measurement.

Here, the intervals are 1 to 5 where 1 denotes no use and 5 denotes frequent use.

The gap between each interval is one hence this level of measurement is the interval level of measurement.