Question

Leslie is studying test anxiety and administers test to his research participants the ask them to rate their anxiety in various situations on a scale of 0 (no anxiety) to 10 ( the worst anxiety imaginable). He then uses the score to divide his participants into high, medium, and low anxiety groups, Leslie's " high-medium-low" scale is best described as an example of a(n) ______ scale.

Answer 1

Answer:

An ordinal scale

Explanation:

As the scale is defined according to some scores and what is important more than the value is the order (High - Medium - Low) it fits with the description of an ordinal scale, in which more important than the number is the order. Also this type of scale measures non numeric concepts, like in this case where  Leslie is studying anxiety, then more important that the number she wants to establish if the participants feel with a is high, medium or low level of anxiety.