Answer to Question #180041 in Statistics and Probability for Mustafa iqbal

Question

 

What type of measure scale is being used? Nominal, Ordinal, Interval or Ratio.

a. In month of June, Karachi daily temperature in Fahrenheitfor last five days: 105, 101, 109, 115, 113.

b. School badminton team players categorized by their physical capability: Exceptional, Normal, Weak.

c. The leap years 1984, 1988, 1996, 2008, 2000.

d. Bank Account numbers.

e. Loan in rupees.

f. A questionnaire to assess customer taste about food in a restaurant by number: 1 Excellent, 2 Good, 3 Bad, 4 Poor.

g. Time of order and delivery of food.

h. The dimensions of a picture frame in feet.

i. The 8 colors of paints in a box.

Answer 1

Nominal scale includes categorical variable which does not include any quantifiable variable.

Ordinal scale can be used when order of the variables is to be determined.

Interval scale includes numerical variable, which are constant and measurable.

Ratio scale helps to determine the order of the variables and includes the zero variable too.

(a).Karachi daily temperature in Fahrenheit for past seven days can be measured by interval scale.

(b)College Badminton team players categorized by their physical capability: Exceptional, Normal, Weak can be measured by nominal scale.

(c).The years 1984, 1988, 1996, 2008, 2000 can be measured by interval scale.

(d)Bank acccount numbers can be measured by nominal scale.

(e) Loan recorded in rupees can be measured by interval scale.

(f) A questionnaire to assess customer experience of XYZ. com by number: 1. Extremely Satisfied, 2. Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied, 3. Extremely Dissatisfied can be measured by ordinal scale.

(g) Time on a wall clock can be measured by interval scale.

(h) The width of a picture frame in inches can be measured by ratio scale.

(i)The 8 colors of pencils in a color pencil box can be measured by nominal scale.