Places in a race, military ranks, ordering a class into valedictorian, etc. (first to last in GPA), & percentiles are all examples of the following scale of measurement Nominal, Ordinal Interval Ratio

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  1. Places in a race, military ranks, ordering a class into valedictorian, etc. (first to last in GPA), & percentiles are all examples of the following scale of measurement
    1. Nominal,
    2. Ordinal
    3. Interval
    4. Ratio     
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There are Main two types of variables

  • Quantitative Variables:- 1] Continuous variable and 2] Discrete variable.
  • Qualitative Variables:- 1] Ordinal variable and 2] Nominal variable.

 

1] Continuous variable: The variables of the data value in fraction form are called the continuous variable. Example: height, weight, price.

2] Discrete variable: A discrete variable is a variable whose value is obtained by counting. A discrete random variable X has a countable number of possible values. Variables that can only take on a finite number of values are called "discrete variables. Example: Let X represent the sum of two dice, the number of balls in the box, and the Number of students.

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