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The researcher changes the exam, slightly, every few years. Therefore, the researcher prefers to measure exam...

  1. The researcher changes the exam, slightly, every few years. Therefore, the researcher prefers to measure exam performance in an ordered fashion. He notes the highest score as 1st, the second highest score as 2nd, and so on for all 50 students.

    Is exam performance in this study a continuous or discrete measurement?
    Is exam performance a nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio measurement? Why?

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