Levels of Measurement

Level 1: Nominal is characterized by data

that consist of names, labels, or categories
only. The data cannot be arranged in an
ordering scheme.
Examples:
1. Name
2. Religion
3. Civil Status
4. Address
5. Sex
6. Degree Program
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Level 2: Ordinal involves data that may be
arranged in some order, but differences
between data values either cannot be
determined or are meaningless.
Examples:
1. Military rank
2. Job position
3. Year level
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Level 3: Interval is like the ordinal level,
with the additional property that meaningful
amounts of differences between data can
be determined. However, there is no
inherent (natural) zero starting point.
Examples:
1. IQ score
2. Temperature (in °C)
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Level 4: Ratio is the interval level modified
to include the inherent zero starting point.
For values at this level, differences and
ratios are meaningful.
Examples:
1. Height
2. Width
3. Area
4. Weekly allowance
Exercises:
Level of Measurements
At what level are the ff. variables measured? Write
nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio.
1. Weights of a sample of candies.
2. Instructors rated as superior, above average,
average, below average or poor.
3. Movies listed according to their genre such as
comedy, adventure, romance, action, suspense
or horror.
4. Lengths of TV commercials (in seconds).
5. Distances (in km.) traveled by a bus.
6. Test scores (%) such as 75, 80, 90, etc.
7. Gender.
8. Height of students.
9. Academic rank in high school.
10. Grade point average (GPA).