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Author: Charles Henry Brase, Corrinne Pellillo Brase
Publisher: Brooks Cole
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Chapter 1.1, Problem 11P
Student Life: Levels of Measurement Categorize these measurements associated with student life according to level: nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio.
- (a) Length of time to complete an exam
- (b) Time of first class
- (c) Major held of study
- (d) Course evaluation scale: poor, acceptable, good
- (e) Score on last exam (based on 100 possible points)
- (f) Age of student
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