Question

In each of the following scenarios, define the type of measurement scale. 1. A kindergarten teacher marks whether each student is a boy or a girl. a. Ratio b. Nominal c. Interval d. Ordinal2. A ski resort records the daily temperature during the month of January. a. Ratio b. Nominal c. Interval d. Ordinal3. A restaurant surveys its customers about the quality of its waiting staff on a scale of 1 to 4, where 1 is poor and 4 is excellent. a. Ratio b. Nominal c. Interval d. Ordinal

Answer 1

Answer: 1.  b. Nominal

2. c. Interval

3. d. Ordinal

Step-by-step explanation:

The four level of measurement scales are :

• Nominal scale : This is used to categorize a data on according tothe attributes such as Gender , color , religion etc.
• Ordinal scale : This used when we can set the data in an order or according to their ranks such as First , Second , Third and so on.
• Interval scale : In this , variables are measured as actual value . For example : 0° Celsius temperature does not mean there is no temperature.
• Ratio scale : It categorize , orders , measure difference and also has a true meaning to zero.  For ex : Age.

1. A kindergarten teacher marks whether each student is a boy or a girl.

→ A nominal scale is used since teacher categorized the student as boy or girl.

2. A ski resort records the daily temperature during the month of January.

→ An interval scale is used , because temperature is measured in actual value and have no true meaning of 0 degree temperature .

3. A restaurant surveys its customers about the quality of its waiting staff on a scale of 1 to 4, where 1 is poor and 4 is excellent.

→ An ordinal scale is used since the quality of food will get a rank from 1 to