In Exercises 21–28, determine which of the four levels of meas...

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In Exercises 21–28, determine which of the four levels of measurement (nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio) best describes the given data.

Movie Ratings In a college film studies course, students rate ten documentaries using a scale of 0 to 5 stars.

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All right, hello, everyone. So this question is asking us, which of the 4 levels of measurement best describes the given data. Restaurant reviews. To gather customer feedback, a restaurant survey asks diners to rate their dining experience on a scale of 1 to 5 stars. Option A says nominal, B says ordinal, C says interval, and D says ratio. So here, each of the different answer choices represents a different level of measurement. So let's take a moment to understand what they mean. Starting off with nominal data. It's worth mentioning first that both nominal and ordinal data are categorical, meaning that data is grouped into different categories. Now, the difference is that in nominal data, the categories themselves have no meaningful order. In other words, one category is not ranked above another or below another. An example of this would be. Let's say colors. Colors or types of vehicles, things that are different from each other but aren't necessarily going to be ranked relative to each other. Ordinal data on the other hand, does have a meaningful order between categories. Examples of this would be. Education level or rankings. Now, in contrast, both intervals and ratios are numerical values. But the difference is that an interval or interval data has no true zero. Whereas a ratio does. Right. An example of a ratio that does have a true zero would be something like height, weight, or income. So now, with this in mind, let's go back to the data at hand. Now, in this case, we are talking about restaurant reviews where diners are asked to rate their experience on a scale of 1 to 5. So here we are dealing with categories. Right, the people that are responding to the survey are going to choose which category their experience falls into. The difference, however, is that these categories are ranked relative to each other. Because 5 stars in this case is the highest ranking and 1 star is the lowest ranking. So therefore Right. Ordinal, in this case is going to be the correct answer. So option B is correct. And there you have it. So with that being said, thank you so very much for watching and I hope you found this helpful.

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In Exercises 21–28, determine which of the four levels of measurement (nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio) best describes the given data.
Movie Ratings In a college film studies course, students rate ten documentaries using a scale of 0 to 5 stars.

Key Concepts

Levels of Measurement

Ordinal Scale

Rating Scales

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