Question

1. In a high crime neighborhood, the chief of police decided to increase police presence and to provide opportunities for community members to interact with the police. This program was initiated in January 2018. A public health scientist would like to investigate whether the level of trust of the police has increased since this program was initiated. Residents were asked whether they were less trusting of the police, more trusting of the police or whether their level of trust remained the same. In this scenario what level of measurement is the trust of the police? Provide a rationale for your answer. ( Your response should be 1- 2 sentences) [2 points]

2. The city manager of Bayside, NY wants to generate some statistics on a voluntary free flu shot clinic for city employees. She has the following data shown in Table a. What is the level of measurement used for assessing whether an employee received a flu shot? Provide a rationale for your answer. ( Your response should be 1- 2 sentences) [2 points]

Table 1. Employee data
Employee received flu shot	Employee took sick leave
Yes	No
No	Yes
Yes	Yes
Yes	No
No	No
No	No
No	Yes
Yes	No

Answer 1

(1)

The level of measurement of the trust of the police : Ordinal level of measurement,

because the values the trust of the police take: they were less trusting of the police, more trusting of the police or whether their level of trust remained the same. can be ranked.

(2)

the level of measurement used for assessing whether an employee received a flu shot : Nominal level of measurement,

bcause the values whether an employee received a flu shot : Yes or No are only labels without any numerical value.