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3. Identify the level of measurement (nominal, ordinal,
interval, ratio) for each of the following types of
data.
(a) Body temperatures in degrees Celsius of a sample of newborn
babies
(b) Weights of a sample of newborn babies
(c) Consumer Reports safely ratings of cars: 0 = unsafe up to 3
= safest
(d) Coding of military personnel by branch of military service
for use in a computer analysis, if 1 represents Air Force, 2
represents Army, 3 represents Coast Guard, 4 represents Marine
Corps, and 5 represents Navy.
(e) Academic ranks of faculty as professor, associate professor,
assistant professor, and instructor.
(f) Religious affiliation
(g) Salary
(h) Grade(A, B, C, D, F)
(i) Pages in the 25 best-selling mystery novels.
(j) Rankings of golfers in a tournament.
(k) Weights of selected cell phones.
(l) Salaries of the coaches in the NFL.
(m) Temperatures inside 10 pizza ovens.
(n) Times required to complete a chess game.
(o) Ratings of textbooks (poor, fair, good, excellent)
(p) Ages of children in a day care center.
(q) Categories of magazines in a physician’s office (sports,
women’s health, men’s news).