A food critic rates restaurants according to the quality of food, service, and atmosphere. She rates 4 stars for excellent, 3 for good, 2 for fair, and 1 star for poor. In the context of the scales of measurement, this is an example of a(n) scale.

The scales of measurement,is an example of a(n) ordinal scale.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Quality of food of  a restaurant.

Where star = Excellent

            star = Good

            star = Fair

            star = Poor

According to Smith Stevens there are  scales of measurement:

⇒ nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio.

The above example falls in the category of ordinal measurement.

Notes:

Ordinal scale:

Here the food critics rates are non-numeric and the differences between adjacent categories definitely have not the same meaning.

So,

The rates are an example of ordinal scale measurement.

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