Levels Of Measurement

Question 1

What is nominal data?

Answer 1

• level of measurements that shows categories of data represented by frequencies
• there’s no relative numerical value
• e.g. boys and girls

Question 2

What is ordinal data

Answer 2

• level of measurement where data can be placed into ascending or descending order
• but intervals between data aren’t equal

Question 3

Ratio

Answer 3

• level of measurement that has equal intervals between scores and has an absolute or true 0 point
• e.g speed

Question 4

Interval

Answer 4

• the level of measurement that has equal numerical intervals between scores
• e.g temperature, the interval between 1 and 2 degrees is the same between 21 and 22 degrees