What are the levels of measurement for these variables? Choose from nominal, ord

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What are the levels of measurement for these variables? Choose from nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio.

_________1. NFL football players are asked: What is your height in inches?

_________2. Teachers at a local elementary school are asked: What is your age in years?

_________3. Everyone at the Dept. of Social Work are asked: Please identify your eye color.       

Blue       Brown   Green   Hazel       Other

_________4. SWR270 Students are asked: What percentage did you get on the midterm exam?

_________5. A meteorologist records of average Fahrenheit temperature daily for a year.

_________6. EDK823 Students are asked: What is the weight in pounds of your pet?

_________7. Please rank the following cars according to expense where 1=Most expensive and 5=Least expensive. ____Ford Focus ____Chevy Camaro ____Honda Civic ____Cadillac Escalade ___Ford F150

_________8. What is your gender?   Female       Male       Transgender

_________9. What is your ethnicity?       White       Black       Hispanic   Other

_________10. All Students are asked: Are you married?   Yes       No

_________11. Please list your annual income in dollars.

_________12. Please rate your satisfaction with your current job on a scale where

1=highly satisfied, 3=neutral, and 5=not satisfied at all.

_________13. You are a nurse who is recording blood pressures for every patient in a hospital.

_________14. Number of classes missed by all Health Policy, Criminal Justice, Behavioral Science, and Sociology students since 1970.

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Solution:-

What are the levels of measurement for these variables? Choose from nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio.

1. NFL football players are asked: What is your height in inches. Ratio

2. Teachers at a local elementary school are asked: What is your age in years. Ratio

3. Everyone at the Dept. of Social Work are asked: Please identify your eye color. Nominal     

4. SWR270 Students are asked: What percentage did you get on the midterm exam. Interval

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