Questions: What measurement scale is used in the following example? Political outlook: extreme left, left-of-center, right-of-center, extreme right
Ordinal
Nominal
Interval
Ratio
Transcript text: What measurement scale is used in the following example? Political outlook: extreme left, left-of-center, right-of-center, extreme right
Ordinal
Nominal
Interval
Ratio
Solution
Solution Steps
Step 1: Identify the nature of the data
The given example describes "Political outlook" with categories: extreme left, left-of-center, right-of-center, and extreme right. These categories represent ordered levels of political orientation.
Step 2: Determine the measurement scale
The categories are not just labels (nominal) but also have a natural order (ordinal). However, the differences between the categories are not quantifiable or equal (interval/ratio).
Step 3: Match the scale to the options
The correct measurement scale for this example is ordinal, as the categories are ordered but do not have equal intervals or a true zero point.