Measurement Scales

What level of measurement is used to "measure" or "label" is gender?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Answer explanation

No order implied

Which level of measurement would you use to count the hairs on this man's head?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Answer explanation

The scale has an absolute zero

What level of measurement is used to measure shoe size?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Answer explanation

There is no size zero

Which level of measurement is used to measure the national debt?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Answer explanation

The scale has an absolute zero

Which level of measurement is used by the Scoville Scale to measure the hotness of chili peppers? Note: the scale starts at zero.

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Answer explanation

There is an absolute zero in the scale

Which level of measurement is used to determine the satisfaction of customers for a certain product?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Answer explanation

Strictly speaking, there are no measureable intervals between these rating.

Which level of measurement is used for highway route numbers?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Answer explanation

Highway route numbers are just names.

What level of measurement is used to "measure" or "label" someone's religion?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Answer explanation

Religious affiliation is, in essence, a name.

Which level of measurement is used to measure the size of these different size M&Ms?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Answer explanation

The Mini, Regular, and Peanut M&Ms can be ordered by size, but we do not have a measure of intervals among the three sizes.

Which level of measurement is used with the Movie Ratings Scale?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Answer explanation

The Movie Ratings Scale implies order.