Question

It is extremely important for a researcher to clearly define the variables in a study because this helps to determine the type of analysis that can be performed on the data. For​ example, if a researcher wanted to describe countriescountries based on ISBN (International Standard BookISBN (International Standard Book Number )group identifierNumber) group identifier​, what level of measurement would the variable ​"ISBN group identifierISBN group identifier​" ​be? Now suppose the researcher felt that certain countries with a larger totalcountries with a larger total areaarea received higher identifying numbersidentifying numbers. Does the level of measurement of the variable​ change? If​ so, how?

Answer 1

Nominal; Yes, it changes to ordinal.

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Nominal: Since "ISBN group identifiers" consists of only one in number per country, one cannot rank each and every identifier as better than the other identifier or that there's additional of them, because this is just a group identifier, and hence not a group measure or count. Usually, there's only one in number per country.

2. Yes, the level of measurement changes to ordinal : As per assigning a higher level of group identifiers to higher population countries, one is adding the other category of data whose role is to organize and order country with respect to the population. Henceforth, numerical ranking and categorical processes are included.