Question

(1) For each of the following, indicate whether the data is measured on a nominal, ordinal,

interval, or ratio scale.

_______ a) heights of college students

_______ b) amount of sugar in a cheese

_______ c) borough of origin of students

_______ d) amount of snow that falls in NY in January

_______ e) languages spoken by college students

_______ f) waist size of men who attend Weight Watchers every week

_______ g) wrist sizes in inches of NFL players

_______ h) gross income of high school dropouts

_______ i) scores on the Math exam for students

_______ j) how long it takes for students to run 100-meters

_______ k) strength categories of hurricanes (1, 2, …, 5)

_______ l) genders of students at college

_______ m) average lifespan of smokers

________n) number of defective bulbs in batches of 100 made by General Electric

_______ o) number of cigarettes smoked by college students

________p) how often college students use mouthwash in a typical week

________q) scores on an algebra test (range is from 0 to 100)

________r) scores on the Ielts Exam (range is from 200 to 800)

Answer 1

a) heights of college students-  ratio scale

b) amount of sugar in a cheese-  ratio scale

c) borough of origin of students-  nominal scale

d) amount of snow that falls in NY in January- ratio scale

e) languages spoken by college students- nominal scale

f) waist size of men who attend Weight Watchers every week- ratio scale

g) wrist sizes in inches of NFL players-  ratio scale

h) gross income of high school dropouts- ratio scale

i) scores on the Math exam for students- interval scale

j) how long it takes for students to run 100-meters-  ratio scale

k) strength categories of hurricanes (1, 2, …, 5)-  ordinal scale

l) genders of students at college- nominal scale

m) average lifespan of smokers- ratio scale

n) number of defective bulbs in batches of 100 made by General Electric- ratio scale

o) number of cigarettes smoked by college students- ratio scale

p) how often college students use mouthwash in a typical week-  ratio scale

q) scores on an algebra test (range is from 0 to 100)- interval scale

r) scores on the Ielts Exam (range is from 200 to 800)-  interval scale


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