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Appreciation of Numbers

The document discusses different types of numbers and their scales. It defines nominal numbers as those used for naming, labeling, and categorizing without numerical value. Ordinal numbers refer to rankings and orders. Interval numbers refer to attributes with known sizes or distances. Ratio numbers contain interval characteristics and zero has a true value. Examples are provided for each scale.

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Appreciation of Numbers

The document discusses different types of numbers and their scales. It defines nominal numbers as those used for naming, labeling, and categorizing without numerical value. Ordinal numbers refer to rankings and orders. Interval numbers refer to attributes with known sizes or distances. Ratio numbers contain interval characteristics and zero has a true value. Examples are provided for each scale.

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APPRECIATION OF

NUMBERS
We look at numbers as signs or symbols
used to represent magnitudes or
quantities. The idea of the signs and
symbols was standardized and became
acceptable universally.
Numbers are used everyday to
represent:
Magnitudes
Quantities

Coding

Others
Numbers can be of different scales:
Nominal

Ordinal
Interval
Ratio
Nominal numbers refer to the
characteristic or attribute of subjects or
objects that is used for naming, labeling,
and categorizing only.
Nominal numbers are used only for naming.

In the nominal scale, numbers lose their


numerical value.
Operating these numbers do not make sense.
Examples of nominal:

1.Cause of death 9. Gender

2. Nationality 10. Major fields

3. Color of the eyes

4. Religious affiliation

5. Color of the skin

6. Race

7. Names

8. Zip code
Ordinal numbers refers to the
characteristic of subjects or objects that
is used for ranking and ordering.
Examples of ordinal:
 Grades (1, 1.1, 1.2, etc.)
 Judging (1st place, 2nd place, 3rd places, etc.)
 Rating scale (poor, good, excellent)

 Ranking of tennis players


 Year level
 Social status
Interval numbers refer to the
characteristic or attribute of subjects or
objects that is of known sizes or
distances.
Examples of interval:
 UPCAT score
 Temperature

 IQ
Ratio numbers refer to the characteristic
or attribute of subjects or objects that
contains the characteristic of the interval
data but in this case, zero has a true value.
Examples:
Height

Weight
Time
Salary
age
EVALUATION

1. Look around the classroom. Form a


sentence that has a number mentioned in
it. State what scale the number belongs to.

2. Why are numbers important?

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