Question

Daily ambient temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit are being recorded for a global warming study. The scale of measurement for this data would be

Answer 1

The scale of measurement for temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit is Interval

Explanation - Differences of temperatures are meaningful but there is no natural zero starting point and ratios of temperatures are meaningless. Note that Zero degrees Fahrenheit does not represent the complete absence of temperature. The ratios of temperatures are meaningless. For example, there is no sense in which the ratio of 40 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit is the same as the ratio of 100 to 50 degrees; no interesting physical property is preserved across the two ratios.