Quiz - Jan 13 (Levels of Measurement)

Identify the Level of Measurement described below:

Classifies data into mutually exclusive (nonoverlapping), exhausting categories in which no order or ranking can be imposed on the data. This type of data commonly used for naming, classification and identification.

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ration

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CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

Identify the Level of Measurement described below:

Classifies data into categories that can be ranked; however, precise differences between the ranks does not exist

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Ratio

• Interval

Identify the Level of Measurement described below:

Ranks data, and precise differences between units of measure do exist; however, there is no true starting point (meaningful zero). Data can be ordered. Differences between data values can be compared.

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Identify the Level of Measurement described below:

Possesses all the characteristics of interval measurement, and there exists a true zero.  In addition, true ratios exist when the same variable is measured on two different members of the population

• Nominal

• Ratio

• Ordinal

• Interval

Identify which Level of Measurement the data set falls into:

Data Set: Credit Scores

• Nominal

• Interval

• Ratio

• Ordinal

Identify which level of measurement the data set falls into:

Data Set: level of agreement from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree)

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

A researcher asks participants to complete a happiness rating scale where participate rate how happy they feel on a scale of 1-10. What level of measurement did they obtain?

• Nominal data

• Interval data

• Ordinal data

• Ratio Data