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serike

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on: Jul 8, 2018
The lowest level of measurement is:
 
  a. interval.
  b. nominal.
  c. ordinal.
  d. ratio.

Question 2

A researcher collecting ethnic data assigns the following numerical labels: 1 equals Caucasian 2 equals African American 3 equals Mexican American 4 equals Asian This is an example of which type of data?
 
  a. Interval
  b. Nominal
  c. Ordinal
  d. Ratio


sierramartinez

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Reply #1 on: Jul 8, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Nominal-scale measurement is the lowest of the four measurement categories.
Interval data are considered the third highest level of measurement.
Ordinal data are considered the second highest level of measurement.
Ratio data are considered the highest level of measurement.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Nominal-scale measurement is used when data can be organized into categories. In this example, the researcher assigned data to ethnic categories.
Interval-scale data have equal numerical distances between each point.
Ordinal data are assigned into categories that can be ranked.
Ratio meets requirements of interval data and has a true zero.


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