BA 3rd Year

Which scale has a zero point?

• Interval

• Ratio

• Nominal

• Ordinal

If the grading of diabetes is classified as mild, moderate and severe the scale of measurement used is :

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Which of these is NOT an example of a nominal scale?

• Numbers on a football jersey

• Numbers on pool balls

• Gender

• Exam grades

The ordinal level of measurement is represented in which variable below.

• Fear of crime

• temperature

• gender

• income

Ratio level of measurement is the

only

level to have:

• arithmetic manipulation

• absolute zero

• exhaustive categorization

• indicator of magnitude

Ordinal scales have the property of:

• metricity

• ranking

• absolution

• variability

Measurement is

• the use of numbers to use concepts

• the primary concern of statistical power

• any time numbers are used

• all of the above

Levels of measurement refers to:

• the difficulty involved in measuring

• the stair like process involved in measuring

• the use of variance to determine error in numbers

• none of the above

which of the following levels of measurement provides the most information?

• Ratio

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

Which of the following is the highest scale of measurement.

• Interval

• Ordinal

• Nominal

• Ratio