Bundle: Cengage Advantage Books: Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, 8th + LMS Integrated for MindTap Psychology, 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card
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Author: Frederick J Gravetter, Larry B. Wallnau
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1, Problem 14P
Four scales of measurement were introduced in this chapter: nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio.
- a. What additional information is obtained from measurements on an ordinal scale compared to measurements on a nominal scale?
- b. What additional information is obtained from measurements on an interval scale compared to measurements on an ordinal scale?
- c. What additional information is obtained from measurements on a ratio scale compared to measurements on an interval scale?
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