Professional Documents
Culture Documents
X
X 1 X 2 X 3
• Example: Temperature
Interval Variables
the quantity of X represented by |X1 - X2| IS
equal to the quantity of X represented by |X2-X3|
X
X 1 X 2 X 3
Example: Temperature
Ratio Variables
• Ratio: A variable measured at the ratio level is
simply an interval level variable with a "true"
zero (i.e. where a value of zero represents a
complete absence of that variable)
• Different types
Original CPS Political Efficacy Index [agree-disagree]
• 1. People like me don't have any say about what the government does.
• 3. Voting is the only way that people like me can have any say about how
the government runs things.
• 4. I don't think public officials care much what people like me think.
• 6. Parties are only interested in people's votes but not in their opinions.
Class Exercise…