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Scenario: Is there a relationship between amount of time at a job (X) and productivity (Y)? The researcher quantified amount of time at a job by ranking the employees from those who had been there the least amount of time to the most. The researcher quantified productivity as rating the employees from "best" to "worst". Question: What is the scale of measurement for variable Y in this scenario?
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