LEVELS OF MEASUREMENT 1.
Nominal – characterized by data that consist of
names, labels, or categories only.
1. Nominal – characterized by data that consist of Example: The political party to which each
names, labels, or categories only. governor belongs.
Example: The political party to which each 2. Ordinal – involves data that may be arranged in
governor belongs. some order but differences between data values
2. Ordinal – involves data that may be arranged in either cannot be determined or are meaningless.
some order but differences between data values Example: A judge to rates some presentations as
either cannot be determined or are meaningless. “good”
Example: A judge to rates some presentations as 3. Interval – is like the ordinal level. But meaningful
“good” amounts of differences between data can be
3. Interval – is like the ordinal level. But meaningful determined. It has no inherent (natural) zero starting
amounts of differences between data can be point (where none of the quantity is present).
determined. It has no inherent (natural) zero starting Example: Average annual temperature in
point (where none of the quantity is present). Apayao
Example: Average annual temperature in 4. Ratio – is the interval level modified to include the
Apayao inherent zero starting point (where zero indicates
4. Ratio – is the interval level modified to include the that none of the quantity is present).
inherent zero starting point (where zero indicates Example: Weights of garbage discarded by
that none of the quantity is present). households
Example: Weights of garbage discarded by
households
LEVELS OF MEASUREMENT
1. Nominal – characterized by data that consist of
LEVELS OF MEASUREMENT names, labels, or categories only.
1. Nominal – characterized by data that consist of Example: The political party to which each
names, labels, or categories only. governor belongs.
Example: The political party to which each 2. Ordinal – involves data that may be arranged in
governor belongs. some order but differences between data values
2. Ordinal – involves data that may be arranged in either cannot be determined or are meaningless.
some order but differences between data values Example: A judge to rates some presentations as
either cannot be determined or are meaningless. “good”
Example: A judge to rates some presentations as 3. Interval – is like the ordinal level. But meaningful
“good” amounts of differences between data can be
3. Interval – is like the ordinal level. But meaningful determined. It has no inherent (natural) zero starting
amounts of differences between data can be point (where none of the quantity is present).
determined. It has no inherent (natural) zero starting Example: Average annual temperature in
point (where none of the quantity is present). Apayao
Example: Average annual temperature in 4. Ratio – is the interval level modified to include the
Apayao inherent zero starting point (where zero indicates
4. Ratio – is the interval level modified to include the that none of the quantity is present).
inherent zero starting point (where zero indicates Example: Weights of garbage discarded by
that none of the quantity is present). households
Example: Weights of garbage discarded by
households
LEVELS OF MEASUREMENT
