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OrdinalScales
Scales
Interval
IntervalScales
Scales
Ratio
RatioScales
Scales
Measurement of Scales
Following are the 4 different scales of measurements-
1) Nominal Scale
2) Ordinal Scale
3) Interval Scale
4) Ratio Scale
- The sophistication increases from the nominal to ratio scale
- The researcher in physical sciences have the advantage of
using the ratio scales, but this is seldom the case in
behavioral science.
Nominal Scale
It is the simplest & most widely used scale
It involves assigning numbers or symbols to the events in
order to label them.
Ex- In a classroom, the role numbers assigned to students
- In football team, the T-Shirts carries different numbers
These numbers assigned are just for the convinience ,
they do not have any quantitaive value for the study.
These numbers are of no use to the researcher, as we can
not average the numbers or calculate the mean, median
or mode.
Nominal Scale
Example.
Please indicate your current martial status.
__Married __ Single __ Single, never married __ Widowed
Coded as 1 Coded as 2
Nominal Scale
Example.
How likely are you to recommend Amazon app to a friend?
Definitely will not Definitely will
123456
Nominal Numbers
Assigned 4 81 9
to Runners
Interval Performance
Rating on a 0 8.2 9.1 9.6
to 10 Scale