Measurement Of scale

Types
 Nominal scale
 Ordinal scale
 Interval scale
 Ratio scale

Examples of Nominal scale

1. Hair color : Brown, Black, Red,
other
2. Religious Preference: Muslim,
Buddhist, Christian, other

Example of ordinary scale

1. Level of agreement: yes,
maybe , No
 2. Likert scale: strongly disagree,
disagree, neutral, agree, strongly
agree.
3. Socioeconomic status: poor,
middle class, rich
Example of interval scale
1. Consider a Celsius
/Fahrenheit Temperature scale.
50 degree is higher then 40
degree and the difference
between these two temperature
is the same as the difference
between 70 degree and 60
degree
Example of Ratio scale
1. What is your weight in
kilograms
 Less than 40 kg
 41- 60 kg
 65-90 kg
 More than 90 kg