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Dr. Zak developed a test to measure depression

What scale of measurement is Dr. Zak using? Was this scaling is appropriate?

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Dr. Zak used a nominal scale of measurement in his test to measure depression. The nominal scale of measurement consists of an assignment of choices that tend to be mutually exclusive. In a nominal scale the choices cannot be ranked because all the categories are different from each other. It is considered to be the simplest form ...

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