Statistical Levels of Measurements

The number of hours you spent studying each day during the past week

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Tags

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

Ethnic group categories of people in a neighborhood.

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Your friend's score on an intelligence test

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

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

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

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

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

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

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

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

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Tags

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

Virginia's listing as the number one men's NCAA basketball team in a poll of sportswriters, with Michigan State listed number two.

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Tags

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

Yellow walls in your office and white walls in your boss's office.

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Tags

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

The amount of the tips left after each meal at a restaurant during a 3-hour period.

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio