Types of Scale: Nominal and Ordinal Scales
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Which type of scale describes a variable with categories that do not have a natural order or ranking?

  • Nominal scale (correct)
  • Ratio scale
  • Ordinal scale
  • Interval scale
  • Which scale should never have a mean calculated but only a median and mode?

  • Nominal scale
  • Interval scale
  • Ratio scale
  • Ordinal scale (correct)
  • Which type of scale has an order and where the difference between two values is meaningful?

  • Ordinal scale
  • Nominal scale
  • Ratio scale
  • Interval scale (correct)
  • In which scale is the calculation of mean, median, or standard deviation meaningless?

    <p>Nominal scale</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of scale holds no true zero and can represent values below zero?

    <p>Interval scale</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of scale includes variables like age, marital status, and profession?

    <p>Nominal scale</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of scale describes a variable where the order matters but not the difference between values?

    <p>Ordinal scale</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is an example of an interval scale?

    <p>Temperature scale</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which scale is the calculation of mean, median, or standard deviation meaningless?

    <p>Nominal scale</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of scale has standardized distances between two points and can represent values below zero?

    <p>Interval scale</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an example of a variable measured using nominal scale?

    <p>Religion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of scale should never have a mean calculated but only a median and mode?

    <p>Ordinal scale</p> Signup and view all the answers

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