Choose a level of measurement for this example between interval, ratio, ordinal, and nominal. In a sample of individuals sentenced to prison the number of days in their sentences. I was previously told that this question was a ratio level measurement but wouldn’t there not be an absolute 0 because the sample is only of individuals sentenced to prison so shouldn’t they have to serve at least some days?

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Choose a level of measurement for this example between interval, ratio, ordinal, and nominal. In a sample of individuals sentenced to prison the number of days in their sentences. I was previously told that this question was a ratio level measurement but wouldn’t there not be an absolute 0 because the sample is only of individuals sentenced to prison so shouldn’t they have to serve at least some days?
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A ratio scale is a type of variable measurement scale that, in addition to producing the order of the variables, also makes the difference between the variables and the value of true zero known. It is calculated under the assumptions that the variables have a zero option, that the difference between the two variables is the same, and that the alternatives are arranged in a particular sequence.

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