12 Questions
Which type of scale describes a variable with categories that do not have a natural order or ranking?
Nominal scale
Which scale should never have a mean calculated but only a median and mode?
Ordinal scale
Which type of scale has an order and where the difference between two values is meaningful?
Interval scale
In which scale is the calculation of mean, median, or standard deviation meaningless?
Nominal scale
Which type of scale holds no true zero and can represent values below zero?
Interval scale
What type of scale includes variables like age, marital status, and profession?
Nominal scale
What type of scale describes a variable where the order matters but not the difference between values?
Ordinal scale
Which of the following is an example of an interval scale?
Temperature scale
In which scale is the calculation of mean, median, or standard deviation meaningless?
Nominal scale
Which type of scale has standardized distances between two points and can represent values below zero?
Interval scale
What is an example of a variable measured using nominal scale?
Religion
What type of scale should never have a mean calculated but only a median and mode?
Ordinal scale
Explore the characteristics of nominal and ordinal scales in measurement. Learn how these scales differ in terms of categories, order, and meaningful calculations like mean and median. Examples of variables for each scale are provided.
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