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o Age
Exercises
The following questions present a list of different attributes and rules for assigning numbers to
objects. Try to classify the different measurement systems into one of the four types of scales.
1. Your checking account number as a name for your account.
2. Your checking account balance as a measure of the amount of money you have in that
account.
3. The order in which you were eliminated in a spelling bee as a measure of your spelling
ability.
4. Your score on the first statistics test as a measure of your knowledge of statistics.
5. Your score on an individual intelligence test as a measure of your intelligence.
6. The distance around your forehead measured with a tape measure as a measure of your
intelligence.
7. A response to the statement "Abortion is a woman's right" where "Strongly Disagree" = 1,
"Disagree" = 2, "No Opinion" = 3, "Agree" = 4, and "Strongly Agree" = 5, as a measure of
attitude toward abortion.
8. Times for swimmers to complete a 50-meter race
9. Months of the year Meskerm, Tikimit…
10. Socioeconomic status of a family when classified as low, middle and upper classes.
11. Blood type of individuals, A, B, AB and O.
12. Pollen counts provided as numbers between 1 and 10 where 1 implies there is almost no
pollen and 10 that it is rampant, but for which the values do not represent an actual counts of
grains of pollen.
13. Regions numbers of Ethiopia (1, 2, 3 etc.)
14. The number of students in a college;
15. the net wages of a group of workers;
1. Nominal Scale - Your checking account number as a name for your account.
2. Ratio Scale - Your checking account balance as a measure of the amount of money you have in that account.
3. Ordinal Scale - The order in which you were eliminated in a spelling bee as a measure of your spelling ability.
4. Interval Scale - Your score on the first statistics test as a measure of your knowledge of statistics.
5. Interval Scale - Your score on an individual intelligence test as a measure of your intelligence.
6. Ratio Scale - The distance around your forehead measured with a tape measure as a measure of your intelligence.
7. Ordinal Scale - A response to the statement "Abortion is a woman's right" where "Strongly Disagree" = 1, "Disagree" = 2, "No Opinion" = 3, "Agree" = 4, and "Strongly Agree" = 5, as a measure of attitude toward abortion.
8. Ratio Scale - Times for swimmers to complete a 50-meter race
9. Nominal Scale - Months of the year Meskerm, Tikimit…
10. Ordinal Scale - Socioeconomic status of a family when classified as low, middle and upper classes.
11. Nominal Scale - Blood type of individuals, A, B, AB and O.
12. Ordinal Scale - Pollen counts provided as numbers between 1 and 10 where 1 implies there is almost no pollen and 10 that it is rampant, but for which the values do not represent an actual count of grains of pollen.
13. Nominal Scale - Region numbers of Ethiopia (1, 2, 3 etc.)
14. Ratio Scale - The number of students in a college.
15. Ratio Scale - The net wages of a group of workers.