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What is the level of measurement for these items related to the newspaper business a
Chapter 0, Problem 2(choose chapter or problem)
What is the level of measurement for these items related to the newspaper business? a. The number of papers sold each Sunday during 2011. b. The departments, such as editorial, advertising, sports, etc. c. A summary of the number of papers sold by county. d. The number of years with the paper for each employee.
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QUESTION:
What is the level of measurement for these items related to the newspaper business? a. The number of papers sold each Sunday during 2011. b. The departments, such as editorial, advertising, sports, etc. c. A summary of the number of papers sold by county. d. The number of years with the paper for each employee.
ANSWER:Step 1 of 5
There are four level of measurements; they are,
1)Nominal: When the names can be provided to the variables without any order, this level of measurement is Nominal.
2)Ordinal: When the variables can be ranked according to one’s preference, this level of measurement is Ordinal.
3)Interval: When the difference can be computed between the variables, but the interval does not include true zero, this level of measurement is Interval.
4)Ratio: In the ratio scale, the true zero value can be included.