Four Types Of Measurement Essay

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Measurement: Measurement is measuring something’s length, width and quantity. Measurement is done to know information about different things and on different issues. There are four types of measurement scales which are nominal or classificatory scale, ordinal scale, interval scale and ratio scale. Nominal scale: The nominal scale is one in which are divide things or individuals on the basis of their same characteristics. This scale is not quantitative, it does not contain numbers in fact it represents different groups and categories of same features. Putting on type of thing in one different group or category for example: 1. Gender classification, gender can be classified into two such as male and female. We can divide male and female into …show more content…

Shoes can be classified as flats, heel and wedges. 21. Another example is phones; phones could be classified such as iPhone, Samsung and Nokia. 22. Drugs can also be classified as cocaine, alcohol, marijuana and crack. 23. Marital status such as married and single. 24. Blood groups can be classified as A+, B+ and so on. 25. Genre of the books can also be an example of nominal scale, for example fiction, nonfiction. Ordinal scale: Ordinal scale is when you arrange things in order, it could be in ascending order or descending and it’s not necessary that gap should be equal. Examples: 1. Car race in which one comes first and other second. 2. Polling results in which every candidate gets different number of votes but who gets the most comes first. 3. School results like 1st, 2nd and 3rd. 4. Likert scales such as strongly agree, agree, and disagree. 5. Ranking students on tests 1st, 2nd. And 3rd. 6. Student: intelligent, average or dull 7. Drinks: favourite, most favourite or least favourite 8. Stages of caner: stage I, stage II or stage III. 9. Level of degrees: nursery, prep, masters, P.H.D. 10. Level of pain: bearable, mild and severe. 11. Merit list names 12. Tournament matches: 1st, 2nd and …show more content…

Rating taste 25. True false statements Interval scale: Interval scale is the one in which the gap is equal and they also have some characteristics of ordinal scale. Examples: 1. Time on a 12 hour clock 2. Calendar years 3. Test scores 4. Pulse interval 5. Confidence interval 6. Time interval 7. Respiratory rate interval 8. Population mean 9. Speedometer 10. Ruler readings 11. Temperature in F is interval 12. IQ test 13. Weight machine readings 14. Temperature 15. SAT scores 16. Thermometer 17. Centigrade 18. Odd and even numbers 19. Psychological test 20. Aptitude test 21. Correlation 22. User categories 23. Meter stick 24. Deviations 25. Addition and subtraction Ratio scale: This scale is the mixture of all the three scales, nominal, ordinal and interval. Examples: 1. Age 2. Weight (BMI) 3. Height in inches and feet’s 4. Yardstick 5. Cholesterol level 6. Blood sample 7. Lab test 8. Mass 9. Energy 10. Molecular ratio 11. Gender ratio 12. GPA 13. Distance 14. Speed 15. Screen display aspect ratio 16. Income 17. Duration 18. Electric charge 19. Quantity of money 20. Kelvin temperature 21. Drugs concentration 22. Laboratory test values 23. Counts 24. Market share 25. Number of

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