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According to Zikmind (2005), a scale is any series of items that are arranged progressively according to value or magnitude, into which an item can be placed according to its quantification. On the other hand, it can also be defined as a continuous spectrum or series of categories.

Nominal Scale
This scale is said to be the simplest type of scale. The numbers used or assigned to the categories are merely labels and do not provide meaning as to values. They are merely labels (Zikmund, 2003). As an example is the scaling for gender- 1 may be assigned to male and 2 for female. The numbers 1 & 2 merely denote labels for the gender. The number 2 assigned for female does not ...

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