Supplement to Worksheet #1    STA 2023

 

Determine which of the four levels of measurement (ratio, interval, ordinal, or nominal) is most appropriate:

1)      Current temperatures of the classrooms at your school.

2)      Survey responses of yes, no, and undecided.

3)      Based on several criteria, a magazine ranks cities according to their “livability”. 

4)      Salaries of college professors.

5)      Amount of fat (in grams) in cookies.

6)      The temperatures of eight different plastic spheres.

7)      Survey responses of “good, better, best”.

8)      Nationalities of survey respondents.

9)      The subjects in which college students major.

10)  The distances driven by cars in a test of fuel consumption.

11)  The make of cars in the parking lot of the mall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answers:

 

1)  interval

2)  nominal

3)  ordinal

4)  ratio

5)  ratio

6)  interval

7)  ordinal

8)  nominal

9)  nominal

10)  ratio

11)  nominal