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Your last submission is used for your score. through E, choose the highest level of measurement (or cannot be determine) For the in parts A A. Temperature of refrigerators B. Horsepower of race car engines C. Marital status of school board members D. Ratings of televisions programs (poor, fair, good, excellent) E. Ages of children enrolled in a daycare Submit Answer Save Progress ss view Previous

please help answer question 11 part a-e
possible answers for each include: cannot determine, nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio

Answer 1

11. sol:

   A. Temperature of refrigerators  - Interval

In an interval scale data can be ordered. Differences between data values can be compaired. That is temperature between 20 to 30 degress celcius is same as 40 to 50 degree celcius.

B. Horsepower of race car engines  - Ratio Scale

In ratio scale all measurements are taken from true zero. Here differences between data values can be compaired.

and horsepower is also measured from true zero.

C. Marital status of school board members - Nominal Scale

Marital status is married and unmarried, here it is named category.

D. Ratings of televisions programs (poor, fair, good, excellent)  - Ordinal Scale

Here order is given ( poor , good , excellent ).

E. Ages of children enrolled in a daycare - Ratio Scale

Ages are taken from true zero hence it is ratio scale.