If you are collecting data on a person’s height, which type of data is this ?
Ratio
Height is measured in units such as centimetres, has equal intervals between values and a true (absolute) zero – zero height means no height. Ratios are meaningful: 180 cm is twice 90 cm. These are the properties of ratio data.
Nominal data only name categories (e.g. gender, jersey number), ordinal data only rank (e.g. 1st, 2nd, 3rd in a race), and interval data have equal units but an arbitrary zero (e.g. temperature in °C), so ratios are not meaningful.
Hence, the answer is Ratio.
Similar Questions
Which of the following is the most similar ?
Identify correct sequence of Steven’s four levels of measurement scales :
(i) Ordinal
(ii) Interval
(iii) Nominal
(iv) Ratio
Codes :
Match Column I with Column II by using the codes given below :
Column I (Attitude Scale) Column II (Author) (P) Equal Appearing Interval Scale (1) Osgood et. al (Q) Social Distance Scale (2) Thurstone (R) Scalogram Analysis (3) Bogardus (S) Semantic Differential Scale (4) Guttman Codes :
(P) (Q) (R) (S)
The scale that has a unique zero point with properties of order, distance and tags for identification of objects is .................
What are the main components of measurement process ?
i. Data processing
ii. Critical study
iii. Systematically observing some feature
iv. Characteristic of the world
v. Recording the observations in the form of a number or category
Important Questions from Types of Measurement Scale - Teaching
- The sequential steps of constructing Thurstone Equal Appearing Interval attitude scale are -
A. Collection and Editing of items
B. Calculating Scale and Q values
C. Finalization of items
D. Sorting items on different continuum
E. Administration
Choose the correct answer from the options given below - Which one of the following semantic dimensions are measured by the "semantic differential scale" ?
- Which of the following variables can be classified only under the nominal category ?
(i) Eye colour
(ii) Military rank
(iii) Type of cheese
(iv) Scores in a test
(v) Political party affiliations
Choose the correct answer from the code given below : - Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct answer using the code given below.
Assertion (A) : Temperature measurement on a Centigrade scale is an example of interval scale.
Reason (R) : In an interval scale, the order of values is important and significant, but the difference between the categories is not really known. - Match List I with List II
List I List II A. Nominal scale I. Kendall-Tau B. Ordinal scale II. Mean C. Interval scale III. True zero D. Ratio scale IV. Mode
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
