WP.1.1 ADDITIONAL LEVELS OF MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS

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WHITE PAPER TOPIC: ADDITIONAL LEVELS OF MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS

I.               ADDITIONAL EXERCISES

For the following; decide whether the variable is Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, or Ratio data.

Problem 1:  The time it took you to drive to GRCC today

Problem 2:  Brand of video game console

Problem 3:  The age of listeners of the local radio station, WLAV FM

Problem 4:  The water temperature of Lake Michigan (measured in degrees Fahrenheit).

Problem 5:  The risk level of the Homeland Security Advisory System

Problem 6:  The medals given in the Olympics to the winners of the 100 meter men’s freestyle swimming

Problem 7:  The sales revenue earned today at the GRCC bookstore

Problem 8:  The pain level scale employed by the triage nurse at the local hospital (eg.  0 means that a patient is experiencing no pain; 10 indicates the patient is experiencing excruciating pain)

Problem 9:  The number of people who visited the tutorial lab this week

Problem 10:  The eye color of students in your statistics class

Problem 11.  This type of data can only be classified into categories.

Problem 12:  This type of data can be classified and can also be placed into some type of order.

Problem 13:  This type of data can be classified, placed in order, and the difference between values is meaningful.

Problem 14:  This type of data can classified, placed in order, the difference between values is meaningful, and the value of zero represents a natural starting point.

Answers:

Problem 1: Ratio

Problem 2: Nominal

Problem 3: Ratio

Problem 4: Interval

Problem 5: Ordinal

Problem 6: Ordinal

Problem 7: Ratio

Problem 8: Ordinal

Problem 9: Ratio

Problem 10: Nominal

Problem 11: Nominal

Problem 12: Ordinal

Problem 13: Interval

Problem 14: Ratio