Statistics Levels of Measurement

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

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Which is the corresponding level of measurement:
The Senator's annual salary is $878,314.

• nominal

• ordinal

• interval

• ratio

Which is the corresponding level of measurement:
A magazine claims the Senator is ranked 7th in the polls.

• nominal

• ordinal

• ratio

• interval

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

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

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

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

__________ consists of information coming from observations, measurements, counts, or responses.

__________ is the science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data in order to make decisions.

__________ data consist of numerical measurements or counts.

Which of the following are the levels of measurement? (select all that apply)

• interval

• optional

• nominal

• ordinal

• ratio

Match following levels of measurement with the examples:

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio