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Exits along interstate highways were formerly numbered
Chapter 1, Problem 9E(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 9E
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:
Problem 9E
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:
Solution 9E
Step1 of 4:
From the given problem we have exits along interstate highways were formerly numbered successively from the western or southern edge of a state. And the Department of Transportation has recently changed most of them to agree with the numbers on the mile markers along the highway.
Here our goal is:
a). We need to check what level of measurement where data on the consecutive exit numbers.
b). We need to check what level of measurement are data on the milepost numbers.
c). We need to write the advantages of the new system.