Scales of measurement are nominal scale-ordinal scale

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The four scales of measurement are nominal scale, ordinal scale, interval scale, and ratio-scale. I already know the differences of all those scales, but the question is why is it important to be aware of those differences? How do the differences in the scales of measurement impact the type of descriptive statistics that can be used to summarize the research findings?

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