Exam 3: Scales of Measurement

What type of variables are these? a. Three brands of hand lotion are ranked according to consumers' preferences for them. _______ b. Heights of each participant measured to the nearest inch. _______ c. Intelligence measured for each student. _______ d. Participants name the states in which they reside. _______ e. Amount of money in savings account. _______ f. Religions Affiliation _______ g. Instructors classified as: Easy, Hard, Very Hard. _______ h. Income earned last year. _______ i. The distance between 7 and 8 is the same distance from 1 to 2 on a 10-point rating scale (2 possible answers) _______

What type of variables are these?

What are the scales of measurements, listing them from the lowest to the highest level of scale?

Of the four scales of measurement a rank order is known to be a(n) _____________________ measurement.

"Who is your favorite baseball team?" What scale would this measurement be?

What is NOT true about variables?

Categorical measurements refer to _______________________ and ____________________, while Numerical (Continuous) measurements refer to _______________________ and ___________________.

The football coach of UCLA wants to assign positions for defense players. He determines who gets the position through their weight. If he decides to go for the heavier guys, what kind of scale of measurement would the coach refer to?

A variable is any _______________________ factor that has an effect on a ___________________________.