Question

Give the appropriate level of measurement for each of the following: (a)Majors of randomly selected students at a university. (b) Name of the cities in Oregon. (c) The years in which economists have deemed the U.S. to be in recession. (d) The category which best describes how frequently a person eats chocolate: Frequently, Occasionally, Seldom, Never. (e) The Temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit) of patients with pneumonia.

Answer 1

The appropriate level of measurement for the given items are as follows: Name of cities in Oregon (nominal), The years of U.S. recession (ordinal), Frequency of eating chocolate (ordinal), Temperature of patients with pneumonia (interval).

Step-by-step explanation:

b. Name of the cities in Oregon:

The appropriate level of measurement for this is nominal because the names of the cities in Oregon are just labels and do not have any order or numerical value associated with them.

c. The years in which economists have deemed the U.S. to be in recession:

The appropriate level of measurement for this is ordinal because the years can be ranked or ordered based on their occurrence, but the differences between years are not meaningful in this context.

d. The category which best describes how frequently a person eats chocolate: Frequently, Occasionally, Seldom, Never:

The appropriate level of measurement for this is ordinal because the categories can be ranked or ordered based on the frequency of chocolate consumption, but the differences between categories are not quantifiable.

e. The Temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit) of patients with pneumonia:

The appropriate level of measurement for this is interval because the temperatures can be measured on a scale with equal intervals between them, but there is no meaningful zero point.

Answer 2

(a) Nominal

(b) Nominal

(c) Interval

(d) Nominal

(e) Interval

Step-by-step explanation:

There are four distinct level of measurements: nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio.

(a)

Majors of randomly selected students at a university.

Level of measurements: nominal

Because in case of nominal level of measurements the variables are classified using names, labels, alpha numeric data, and so on.

(b)

Name of the cities in Oregon.

Level of measurements: nominal

Because in case of nominal level of measurements the variables are classified using names, labels, alpha numeric data, and so on.

(c)

The years in which economists have deemed the U.S. to be in recession.

Level of measurements: interval

Because in case of interval level of measurement, the data is not only classified and ordered, but it also specifies that the distances between each interval on the scale that are equal throughout the scale from low to high interval.

(d)

The category which best describes how frequently a person eats chocolate: Frequently, Occasionally, Seldom, Never.

Level of measurements: nominal

(e)

The Temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit) of patients with pneumonia.

Level of measurements: interval