Levels of Measurement

The top 5 business schools in the United States for a recent year according to Forbes are listed.

1. Harvard

2. Stanford

3. Chicago (Booth)

4. Pennsylvania (Wharton)

5. Columbia

• nominal

• ordinal

• interval

• ratio

The lengths (minutes and seconds) of songs on an album

• nominal

• ordinal

• interval

• ratio

Tags

CCSS.HSN.Q.A.1

The times of the day when a person checks their email

• nominal

• ordinal

• interval

• ratio

The three political parties in the 112th Congress were Republican, Democrat, and Independent.

• nominal

• ordinal

• interval

• ratio

Tags

CCSS.HSS.ID.B.5

The average ticket prices for 10 Broadway shows in 2012 are listed. (Source: the Broadway League)

$110, $133, $88, $72, $181, $103, $97, $62, $67, $79

• nominal

• ordinal

• interval

• ratio

The temperatures taken as people enter a hospital

• nominal

• ordinal

• interval

• ratio

Marital status of people living in the country

• nominal

• ordinal

• interval

• ratio

Tags

CCSS.HSS.ID.B.5

1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners of the 400m dash

• nominal

• ordinal

• interval

• ratio

How many students are face-to-face

• nominal

• ordinal

• interval

• ratio

IQ score

• nominal

• ordinal

• interval

• ratio