Levels of Measurement

Front

The type of programming on each radio station in your city (e.g., 93.7 KSKS play Country, Y101.1 plays Pop)

Back

Nominal

Front

The number of hours you spent studying each day during the past week. Options: Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio

Back

Ratio

Front

Ethnic group categories of people in a neighborhood. Options: Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio

Back

Nominal

Front

Your friend's score on an intelligence test (Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio)

Back

Interval

Front

The temperatures in cities throughout the country that are listed in most newspapers.

Back

Interval

Front

The number of votes received by the Republican and Democratic candidates for congress in your district in the last election

Back

Ratio

Front

The cell phone listed as third best on an online electronics review website.

Back

Ordinal

Front

The birth weights of babies who were born at Wilshire General Hospital last week.

Back

Ratio

Front

Virginia's listing as the number one men's NCAA basketball team in a poll of sportswriters, with Michigan State listed number two. What type of measurement is this? Options: Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio

Back

Ordinal

Front

Yellow walls in your office and white walls in your boss's office. What type of data classification is this?

Back

Nominal