Level of Measurement

Which level of measurement does not provide a numerical result for each participant.

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

_________ data refers to data that is ranked in order, but the difference between each value is meaningless or cannot be determined.

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Ages of students in a statistics class

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Temperatures of 22 selected refrigerators

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Marriage status of the faculty at the local community college

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

The ratings of a movie ranging from "poor" to "good" to "excellent"

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

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

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Your friend's score on an intelligence test

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

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

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Which level of measurement have all the characteristics of interval scales as well as absolute zero starting point?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio