Which of the following is the most similar ?
Ordinal, interval and ratio data
Nominal data only name or classify categories with no order. Ordinal, interval and ratio data all have a meaningful order (rank) of values.
Interval and ratio data also have equal units between values, and ordinal data still allow ranking from lowest to highest, so these three scales share the property of order and are the most alike.
Every other grouping contains the nominal scale, which has no order, so its members are less similar to one another.
Hence, the answer is Ordinal, interval and ratio data.
If you are collecting data on a person’s height, which type of data is this ?
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
| 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 |