As Part of the Physical Therapy Evaluation for a Patient

Multiple Choice

As part of the physical therapy evaluation for a patient post-stroke in an inpatient rehabilitation setting,you administer a standardized functional measure in which you assign a rating that corresponds to the amount of physical assistance the patient requires for a transfer (no assistance,minimal assistance,moderate assistance,maximal assistance,total assistance) .What type of scale is this data?

A) Nominal scale
B) Ordinal scale
C) Interval scale
D) Ratio scale