Most developed Western countries set the age of 60 to 65 for retirement. Being 60â65 years old is usually a requirement for becoming eligible for senior social programs. However, various countries and societies consider the onset of old age as anywhere from the mid-40s to the 70s.
Ordinal Scale Measures in terms of such values as more or less, larger or. smaller, but without specifying the size of the intervals. Example: rating scales, ranking scales, Likert-type scales. Interval Scale Measures in terms of equal intervals or degrees of. difference but without a true zero point.
March 2011. 15 (1) 10-14. 12 Because they confuse Likert items with Likert scales, many authors look at a single Likert item and conclude that the 1 2 3 4 and 5 options form an ordinal scale at best, and therefore data based on these scales must be analyzed as though they are ordinal.