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This document contains a tutorial on identifying the scale of measurement for different variables as either nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio level data. It provides examples of 10 different variables and identifies the appropriate scale of measurement for each. The variables measured include flavors of frozen yogurt, amount of money in savings accounts, students' reading abilities, letter grades on an essay, religions, commuting times to work, ages of art students, ice cream flavor preferences, years of historical events, and classifications of instructors by difficulty.

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This document contains a tutorial on identifying the scale of measurement for different variables as either nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio level data. It provides examples of 10 different variables and identifies the appropriate scale of measurement for each. The variables measured include flavors of frozen yogurt, amount of money in savings accounts, students' reading abilities, letter grades on an essay, religions, commuting times to work, ages of art students, ice cream flavor preferences, years of historical events, and classifications of instructors by difficulty.

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MOHAMAD NASRUL HADI BIN MOHD AYOP

CB170018

Tutorial 1
Identify and give a reason the scale of measurement for the following variable
nominal level, ordinal level, interval level, or ratio level data.
1. Flavors of frozen yogurt
Example: nominal level because flavors of yogurts is category data, eg: strawberry, chocolate,
blueberry etc.
2. Amount of money in savings accounts
Answers: Ratio level because the data have true zero point and the data can be add, subtract
also get the ratio.
3. Students classified by their reading ability: Above average, Below average, Normal
Answers: Ordinal level because the data classified based on rank.
4. Letter grades on an English essay
Answers: Ordinal level because the letter grades data can be ordered or ranked.
5. Religions
Answers: Nominal level because religions are category data like Islam, Hindu and Buddha
6. Commuting times to work
Answers: Ratio level because the data have true zero point and the commuting time can be
added or subtract in meaningful way.
7. Ages (in years) of art students
Answers: Ratio level because have true zero point, Ex; ages (in years) of art students is what
years they started taking the art course.
8. Ice cream flavor preference
Answers: Nominal level because Ice cream flavor preference are category of data like vanilla or
chocolate.
9. Years of important historical events
Answers: Interval level because the data no true zero point.
10. Instructors classified as: Easy, Difficult or Impossible
Answers: Ordinal level because the data was classified based on order of difficulties.

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