Understandable Statistics: Concepts and Methods
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ISBN: 9781337119917
Author: Charles Henry Brase, Corrinne Pellillo Brase
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1.1, Problem 13P
Fishing: Levels of Measurement Categorize these measurements associated with fishing according to level: nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio.
- (a) Species of fish caught: perch, bass, pike, trout
- (b) Cost of rod and reel
- (c) Time of return home
- (d) Guidebook rating of fishing area: poor, fair, good
- (e) Number of fish caught
- (f) Temperature of water
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Understandable Statistics: Concepts and Methods
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