Learning Material #2(Midterm)

Levels of Measurement
State the level of measurement: Nominal, Ordinal, Interval or Ratio
1. Blood type
2. Doctors salary
3. Latin honors
4. Temperature in Fahrenheit
5. Student number
6. Gender
7. Land area
8. Contest winners
9. Students grade (11-point)
10. Athletes age
Weigted Mean
A weighted mean is a kind of average. Instead of each data point contributing
equally to the final mean, some data points contribute more “weight” than
others.
Example
Compute the weighted mean (GWA) of the student with the following grades
Subject Grade Units
Mathematics in the
Modern World 1.00 3
Understanding the Self 1.50 3
Purposive
Communication 2.00 3
Art Appreciation 1.75 3
PE 1 1.75 2
Personality Development 1.50 1
Group Activity #2 (4 members or less)
At the library or online, search for a journal article that uses quantitative research.
Highlight on the abstract all the terms that are related to Statistics/Data
Management such as number of samples, sampling technique, mode of data
gathering, statistical treatment/testing, variables and others.
On a separate paper, explain/justify why the reseacher/s used the mentioned
statistical treatment/testing.