Deck 2: Levels of Measurement

Question 1

The ordinal level of measurement is represented in which variable below?

A) fear of crime
B) temperature
C) income
D) gender

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Numbers all mean the same thing.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Not all numbers can be treated equally because

A) some statistics require more information than others
B) a "2" is different from a "3"
C) the size of the number makes a difference
D) there are different ways of measuring variables

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The current verison, or concept, of levels of measurement was created in the

A) 1940s
B) 1980s
C) late 1990s
D) none of the above

Question 5

The concept of metric ordinal is useful because

A) its metric quality means that it is more useful worldwide as opposed to the English/American system of measuring in inches and ounces
B) there is little error involved in treating it as if it were interval level
C) it adds information to data used with nominal-level statistics
D) all of the above

Question 6

The nominal level of measurement is represented in which variable below?

A) fear of crime
B) temperature
C) income
D) gender

Question 7

The current version, or concept, of levels of measurement was developed by Albert Gore.

Question 8

Adding ordinal categories together only causes a problem when you try to divide the result.

Question 9

Ordinal scales have the property of:

A) absolution
B) metricity
C) ranking
D) variability

Question 10

The meaning of a number is a product of:

A) its use in a statistic
B) the level of measurement
C) its relationship to some condition
D) b and c above

Question 11

Levels of measurement refers to:

A) the stair-like process involved in measuring
B) the essence of what numbers mean
C) the use of variance to determine error in numbers
D) the difficulty involved in measuring

Question 12

Which of the following sets of ordinal scores would no longer be ordinal?

A) 1, 2, 3, 4, 100
B) 1, 3, 4, 5
C) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
D) 1, 3, 2, 4

Question 13

Measurement is

A) any time numbers are used
B) the use of numbers to represent concepts
C) the primary concern of statistical power
D) all of the above

Question 14

Numbers can be added if they are at least

A) ordinal level
B) nominal level
C) interval level
D) metric ordinal level

Question 15

The concept of magnitude is found in which of the levels of measurement below?

A) nominal
B) ordinal
C) ratio
D) a and b above

Question 16

Variables are the way we measure concepts.

Question 17

Level of measurement is inherent in concepts.

Question 18

The greatest error in treating data at one level as if it were at another is when

A) ordinal is used as interval
B) nominal is used as ordinal
C) ratio is used as interval
D) nominal is used as interval

Question 19

Which of the following levels of measurement provides the most information?

A) ratio
B) nominal
C) cardinal
D) ordinal

Question 20

Ratio level of measurement is the only level to have:

A) an indicator of magnitude
B) arithmetic manipulation
C) exhaustive categorization
D) absolute zero

Question 21

Crime rates can only be measured at the interval level.

Question 22

Very few important variables are measured at the nominal level.

Question 23

A statistic designed for the interval level can also use ratio level data.

Question 24

It is better to treat metric ordinal data as interval data because there is less error.

Question 25

Ratio level measurement provides estimates of the relative size of numbers.