Question

Indicate the level of measurement for each of the types of data listed below.

a) the place of finish (1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place, etc.) in a 10K race

b) the day’s high temperature (in degrees Celsius)

c)the size of a high school graduating class

d) the price of a gallon of milk

e) the make of car (Ford, Honda, etc.) that people drive

Answer 1

level of measurement are nominal,ordinal,interval ratio

nominal-named categories

ordinal -ordered categories

interval,ratio for quantiative variables like height,temperature,

Ratio has zero and interval do not contain zero.

a) the place of finish (1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place, etc.) in a 10K race

ORDINAL

b) the day’s high temperature (in degrees Celsius)

can have zero

RATIO

c)the size of a high school graduating class

size of a high school graduating class is interval

INTERVAL

d) the price of a gallon of milk

INTERVAL

e) the make of car (Ford, Honda, etc.) that people drive

NOMINAL