Question

State whether (nominal, ordinal, interval, ration)

1. Type of government system (authoritarian, communist, democracy, monarchy, other)

2. Number of vetoes issued by each president of the United States

3. Race (Asian, Black, Hispanic, White, other)

4. Hours spent on social media per day (0-1, 2-3, 4 or more)

5. Literacy rate in each country (percentage literate)

6. State uses the death penalty (yes, no)

7. Number of witnesses in a Senate committee hearing

8. Political ideology (very conservative, conservative, moderate, liberal, very liberal)

9. Party identification (Democrat, Republican, Independent, other, none)

10. Number of border countries

11. Member of U.S. Chamber of Commerce (yes, no)

12. Year first elected to public office

13. Primary policy objective of military intervention (foreign policy restraint, humanitarian intervention, internal political change

14. Tone of campaign commercial (positive, mixed, negative)

15. Year in college (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior)

16. Health care system (government-managed health care, health care coverage required by law, private health care system)

Answer 1

Type of government system is a nominal variable.

Number of vetoes issued by each president of the United States is ratio variable.

Race (Asian, Black, Hispanic, White, other) is a nominal variable.

Hours spent on social media per day (0-1, 2-3, 4 or more) is an interval variable.

Literacy rate in each country (percentage literate) is ratio variable.

State uses the death penalty (yes, no) is a nominal variable.

Number of witnesses in a Senate committee hearing is a ratio variable.

Political ideology (very conservative, conservative, moderate, liberal, very liberal) is an ordinal variable.

Party identification (Democrat, Republican, Independent, other, none) is a nominal variable.

Number of border countries is a ratio variable.

Member of U.S. Chamber of Commerce (yes, no) is nominal variable.

Year first elected to public office is an interval variable.

Primary policy objective of military intervention (foreign policy restraint, humanitarian intervention, internal political change) is nominal variable.

Tone of campaign commercial (positive, mixed, negative) is nominal variable.

Year in college (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior) is ordinal variable.

Health care system (government-managed health care, health care coverage required by law, private health care system) is nominal variable.