Question

For each of the following, indicate whether the data is measured on a nominal (N), ordinal (O), interval (I), or ratio (R) scale. (i filled out some, if possible to double check those for me that would be great!)

N	a) classification of cars based on size; such as: subcompact, compact, standard, luxury
N	b) languages spoken by CUNY students
R	c) height of the members of Mens Basketball team
	d) ranking of tennis players
	e) how often the employees of the cafeteria use the telephone
I	f) Celsius temperatures of Queens College dorms
	g) eye color of students in BUS310 class
O	h) strength categories of hurricanes (1, 2, …, 5)
R	i) amount of flour in a cheese-pie
R	j) scores on the GRE Exam (range is from 200 to 800)
R	k) number of defective syringes in batches of 500 made by Safety Co.
	l) ethnicity of patients in a physician’s office
	m) daily amount of snow that falls in NYC, NY in January 2011
O	n) rating scale of 1 to 5, representing: strongly dislike, dislike, neutral, like, strongly like
	o) number of educators in each daycare classroom

Answer 1

Nominal	a) classification of cars based on size; such as: subcompact, compact, standard, luxury
Nominal	b) languages spoken by CUNY students
Ratio	c) height of the members of Mens Basketball team
Ordinal	d) ranking of tennis players
Ordinal	e) how often the employees of the cafeteria use the telephone
Interval	f) Celsius temperatures of Queens College dorms
Nominal	g) eye color of students in BUS310 class
Ordinal	h) strength categories of hurricanes (1, 2, …, 5)
Ratio	i) amount of flour in a cheese-pie
Ratio	j) scores on the GRE Exam (range is from 200 to 800)
Ratio	k) number of defective syringes in batches of 500 made by Safety Co.
Nominal	l) ethnicity of patients in a physician’s office
Ratio	m) daily amount of snow that falls in NYC, NY in January 2011
Ordinal	n) rating scale of 1 to 5, representing: strongly dislike, dislike, neutral, like, strongly like
Ratio	o) number of educators in each daycare classroom