Question

Identify the level of measurement of the​ data, and explain what is wrong with the given calculation. In a​ survey, favorite sports of respondents are identified as 100 for basketball, 200 for baseball, 300 for football and 400 for anything else. The average​ (mean) is calculated for 740 respondents and the result is 256.1. The data are at the______level of measurement.

Answer 1

Answer:

The data are at the nominal level of measurement

Step-by-step explanation:

Nominal Level of measurement is irrespective of orders or classes. In this survey we do not find out which game is ranked the most favorite.

Nominal; level is used just for counting.  Its cannot be used as a measure or for quantitative analysis.

Such data cannot give the mean of the sample. And the two means cannot be compared.

In the given question it only gives the number of likes  nothing more. The average cannot be calculated for such data.