Basic Statistics: Tales of Distributions 10th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 0-49580-891-1
ISBN 13: 978-0-49580-891-6

Chapter 1 - Introduction - Problems - Page 20: 1.6

Answer

a) Ordinal scale of measurement b) Interval scale of measurement c) Nominal scale of measurement d) Ordinal scale of measurement e) Ordinal scale of measurement f) Ratio scale of measurement g) Ratio scale of measurement

Work Step by Step

a) It is ordinal because by using different numbers on the scale, you are indicating that it is either harder or softer. b) It is interval because there are equal intervals between each number on the scale, and indicates which cube has a greater or lesser volume. c) It is nominal because the numbers have no equal intervals between them, and are merely points of reference without qualitative value. d) It is ordinal because the political parties are ordered in number, indicating which party has greater or lesser votes than another. e) It is ordinal because the contestants are ranked, indicating which contestant is more or less popular than another. f) It is ratio because the financial scale has equal intervals between each dollar, and having zero dollars means that you have none of the value that is being detected. g) It is ratio because the number of degrees you can have has an equal interval between each number, and the female can have no or 0 degrees.
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