In a school election, 5 people run for student body president. The actual number of votes for each candidate would be a ___ variable. If the total number of votes were removed and the candidates were listed in order of least to most popular, this would be a __ variable.
a. ratio, ordinal
b. ordinal, ratio
c. ratio nominal
d. nominal, ordinal
Ration, ordinal
The actual number of votes for each candidate in a school election would be a ratio variable. A ratio variable is a type of quantitative variable that has a meaningful zero point and can be measured on a continuous scale. In this case, the number of votes for each candidate can be measured and compared using mathematical operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
If the total number of votes were removed and the candidates were listed in order of least to most popular, this would be an ordinal variable. An ordinal variable is a type of categorical variable that has categories or levels that can be ranked or ordered. In this case, the candidates can be ranked based on their popularity, but the actual number of votes is not considered. The order of the candidates is meaningful, but the differences between the ranks may not be equal or meaningful.