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Exits along interstate highways were formerly numbered successively from the western or
Chapter 0, Problem 9(choose chapter or problem)
Exits along interstate highways were formerly numbered successively from the western or southern edge of a state. However, the Department of Transportation has recently changed most of them to agree with the numbers on the mile markers along the highway.
a. What level of measurement were data on the consecutive exit numbers?
b. What level of measurement are data on the milepost numbers?
c. Discuss the advantages of the newer system.
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QUESTION:
Exits along interstate highways were formerly numbered successively from the western or southern edge of a state. However, the Department of Transportation has recently changed most of them to agree with the numbers on the mile markers along the highway.
a. What level of measurement were data on the consecutive exit numbers?
b. What level of measurement are data on the milepost numbers?
c. Discuss the advantages of the newer system.
ANSWER:Step 1 of 3
(a) The consecutive exit numbers take on numerical values, where we can list all exit numbers although the difference between two exit numbers has no meaning.
( We know If the values of the variables can be named and ordered but there is no meaning in the difference between two values, the measurement level is ordinal.)
So we can conclude the variable is at the ordinal level.