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What is Grading disease severity as mild, moderate, severe is an example of which scale? and explain in detail?
There are characteristics that should be measured in terms of quantities but nonavailability of a good instrument compels measure in terms of what is called an ordinal scale. Example is disease severity measured as mild, moderate or severe. Ref: Medical biostatistics, 1st edition pg: 99