Question

Determine whether the following possible responses should be classified as ratio, interval, nominal or ordinal data.

? Ratio Ordinal Nominal Interval 1. The college (Arts and Science, Business, etc.) you are enrolled in

? Ratio Ordinal Nominal Interval 2. The number of students in a statistics course

? Ratio Ordinal Nominal Interval 3. The age of each of your classmates

? Ratio Ordinal Nominal Interval 4. Your hometown

Answer 1

1. The college (Arts and Science, Business, etc.) you are enrolled in

Nominal

2. The number of students in a statistics course Ratio

3. The age of each of your classmates Ratio

4. Your hometown Nominal

Explanation:

Nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio data are the four fundamental levels of measurement scales that are used to capture data.

Nominal, are used for labeling variables, without any quantitative value.

Ordinal, the order of the values is what is significant, but the differences between each one is not really known.

Interval, we know both, the order and the exact differences between the values

Ratio, they have the order, the exact value between units, and have an absolute zero