Identify the level of measurement of the data, and explain what is wrong with the given calculation. In a survey, the hair col
ors hair colors of respondents are identified as 100100 for brown hair commabrown hair, 200200 for blond hair commablond hair, 300300 for black hair commablack hair, and 400400 for anything else. The average (mean) is calculated for 503503 respondents and the result is 256.1 .256.1. The data are at the ▼ ordinal interval nominal ratio level of measurement.
The level of measurements used in this study is the nominal level of measurements. The nominal level of measurements involves the use of numbers to help classify the categories in an experiment.
In this case study, values were gotten for each categories which are brown hair, blonde hair, black hair and other hair colors. Thus, the level of measurements used is the nominal level of measurement.
There is something wrong with the calculation because data was gotten for a total of 600 respondents while the mean that was calculated involved only 503 omitting about 97 respondents.
