What Are Scales of Measurement? (Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio)

Scales of measurement describe the nature of your data and are important to understand because they determine what you can and cannot do with your data. We'll discuss each of the four scales of measurement (nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio) in turn and we'll chat briefly about why this matters.

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How about this question? Is it intervial or ratio? = A researcher records the number of text messages a person sends per week using an open-ended response format: _____ # of text messages per week