Question

Match the term with an example of that term's meaning.

Nominal measures

      [ Choose ]            Gender            Vaccination record            Weight chart            Pain scale      

Ordinal measures

      [ Choose ]            Gender            Vaccination record            Weight chart            Pain scale      

Interval measures

      [ Choose ]            Gender            Vaccination record            Weight chart            Pain scale      

Ratio measures

      [ Choose ]            Gender            Vaccination record            Weight chart            Pain scale      

Answer 1

The correct match for the given question is:

1. Nominal measures : Gender  
2. Ordinal measures :  Pain scale
3. Interval measures : Vaccination record   
4. Ratio measures : Weight chart

Because:

The classification which describes nature of information within the values assigned to variables is called Scale or Level of Measurement.There are four different levels of measurement. They are Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio.These measurements are used for capturing data in the form of surveys and questionnaires.

Nominal Scale: It is a 1st level of measurement, where the variables are only simply named or labeled, without any specific order. This naming scale is also called as Categorical variable scale. Here data is only classified.

Examples of Nominal Scale: Gender, Post, religion, code, ethnic.

Ordinal Scale: It is a 2nd level of measurement,which reports the ranking and ordering of the data without establishing the degree of variation between them. Here data is ranked, the variable is named and ordered.

Examples of Ordinal Scale: Satisfaction, exam grade, position in class.

Interval Scale: It is a 3rd level of measurement,where the difference between two variables is meaningful. The variables are measured in actual and not in a relative manner, where the presence of 0 is arbitrary.
Examples of Interval Scale: IQ, Score, CGPA, temperature.

Ratio Scale: It is a 4th level of measurement,it is quantitative in nature. Here the intervals or differences are compared.

Examples of Ratio Scale: Height, weight, time,age,