Chapter 4 Exercises
Data and the Nature of Measurement
The following exercises are designed to give you hands-on
practice of the skills learned in this chapter.
- For the following measures, list the level of measurement
(nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio).
(a) class rank in high school
(b) religious affiliation
(c) time needed to solve a difficult problem
(d) pain rating as someone endured 15 seconds with their hand in
ice water
(e) IQ score
(f) number of mistakes on a difficult task
(g) average reaction time to a signal
- Suppose you want to measure each of the following variables.
Try to identify a four possible measure for these variables,
with each of them at a different level of measurement.
(a) measures of critical thinking performance
(b) measure of a person's interest in a movie
(c) measure of a person's dislike for a political position
- Which types of reliability are relevant for the following
variables and their measures?
(a) fatigue
(b) intelligence
(c) extroversion personality trait
(d) a person's weight
(e) anxiety
(f) anger
(g) depression level
(h) hair color