Question

William read that earthquakes are rated based on their increasing intensity using the following scale: micro, minor, light, moderate, strong, major, great and epic.

a. interval scale of measure

b. nominal scale of measure

c. ordinal scale of measure

d. ratio scale of measure

Answer 1

Solution:-

Given Scales micro, minor, light, moderate, strong, major, great and epic., these all scales has some significance meaning in terms of order like (amount of earthquakes:  micro<minor< light<moderate<strong<major<great < epic.)

for better understanding you can take an example of your T-shirt where size like : Small, Large, Extra Large etc. here all are measurements name where size matters (Small<Large<Extra Large) i,e Sizes are in order. so these measurements are example of Ordinal Scale (where Scales Order matters)

Ans: c. ordinal scale of measure