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Chapter 1 Review Levels of Measurement

The document outlines the four levels of measurement for data: nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio, ranked from low to high. It provides a list of questions asking to identify the level of measurement for various types of data and to explain the reasoning behind the classification. Each level is defined by its characteristics, such as categorization, ranking, spacing, and the presence of a natural zero.

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Chapter 1 Review Levels of Measurement

The document outlines the four levels of measurement for data: nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio, ranked from low to high. It provides a list of questions asking to identify the level of measurement for various types of data and to explain the reasoning behind the classification. Each level is defined by its characteristics, such as categorization, ranking, spacing, and the presence of a natural zero.

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There are 4 levels of measurement for data, which can be ranked from low to high:

1. Nominal: the data can only be categorized.


2. Ordinal: the data can be categorized and ranked. (put in order)
3. Interval: the data can be categorized and ranked, and evenly spaced.
4. Ratio: the data can be categorized, ranked, evenly spaced and has a natural zero.

For each question:


a. Identify the following as nominal level, ordinal level, interval level, or
ratio level data.
b. Explain why you chose that level of measurement

1. Flavors of frozen yogurt ________________


2. Amount of money in savings accounts________________
3. Students classified by their reading ability: Above average, Below average,
Normal ________________
4. Letter grades on an English essay ________________
5. Religions ________________
6. Commuting times to work ____________
7. Ages (in years) of art students ________________
8. Ice cream flavor preference ________________
9. Years of important historical events ________________
10. Instructors classified as: Easy, Difficult or Impossible _________

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