Question

According to the information below, identify the "scale" or "level of measurement" it represents.

(1) Never true

(2) Seldom True

(3) Somewhat True

(4) Often true

(5) Always True

Answer 1

Ordinal Scale. For an example a researcher wishing to measure a peoples opinion about a particular ammentment in the act and he ask peoples to specify their feelings as either "never true", "seldom ttue", "somewhat true", or "often true","always true". The items in this scale are ordered, ranging from least to most satisfied. This is what distinguishes ordinal from nominal scales. These variables are also called qualitative variables. We cannot measure these variables. We can only classify among these quality characteristics. Examples are taste of a particular food item, beauty of a person, feedback of a class etc.

In this example variable can take value 1 if it is never true,take value 2 it is seldom true and 3 if it is somewhat true ,4 if it is often true and 5 if it is always true.