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
iii, iv and v
Measurement in research is the process of assigning numbers or categories to the features of objects, persons or events according to fixed rules. It always involves a property or characteristic of the world that is to be measured, a systematic way of observing that feature and a record of what is observed in the form of a number or a category, which can later be placed on a nominal, ordinal, interval or ratio scale.
Checking the listed items against this definition: iii, systematically observing some feature, is the act of observation; iv, a characteristic of the world, is the property being measured; v, recording the observations as a number or category, is the actual act of measurement. These three together make up the measurement process. Items i and ii come later: data processing handles the recorded values, and critical study interprets and evaluates the results.
Every other combination includes data processing or critical study, which are steps of analysis and interpretation rather than parts of measurement itself. The combination that keeps only the observed characteristic, the systematic observation and the recording of observations is the only one that matches the measurement process.
Hence, iii, iv and v.
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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 .................
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:
