NOIR Review

The school standing of college students (freshmen, sophomore, junior,senior)

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

A ratio measure:

• is a ranking; represents order but does not necessarily have equal spacing

• does not have a true zero, and has equal spacing

• has a true zero and equal spacing

• is categorical and the numbers have no true meaning, they are just assignment

Jorge asks his participants to write a story. To measure aggression, he counts the amount of violent words written.

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Ratio measurement does not have a true zero

• True

• False

The Satisfaction with Life Scale asks participants to rate their agreement 1(strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree).

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

A measurement of temperature in degrees Fahrenheit.

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Marathon runners placing 1st (30min), 2nd (32min) , and 3rd (37 min).

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Scores on an IQ test.

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Interval measurement has a true zero.

• True

• False

Margo measured the amount of time it took her participants to complete a math test.

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio