Levels of Measurement: Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, or Ratio?

Eye Color: Brown, Green, Blue

Nominal

Yard Stick: Inches or Centimeters

Ratio

Political Orientation: Democratic, Republican, Independent

Nominal

Type of Car: 1-Nissan, 2-Ford, 3-Toyota, 4-Lexus, 5-Other

Nominal

GPA: Grade Point Average

Ratio

Level of Agreement: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, etc.

Interval

*Opinon Surveys are ALWAYS Interval*

Years of work experience

Ratio

Parts of speech: Noun, Verb, Preposition, Article, Pronoun, etc.

Nominal

Handedness: Right, Left

Nominal

Sex: Male, Female

Nominal

Runner's Place in a 5k: 1st place, 2nd Place,... Last place

Ordinal

*We know their rank, but not the difference between them

BMI Grouping: Underweight, Normal, Overweight, Obese

Nominal (just categories) OR Ordinal (can rank health)

Income: Money earned last year

Ratio

2015 Big Ten football ranking

Ordinal

Number of miles walked in a week

Ratio

Level of a patients pain from 1 to 10

Ratio (could have no pain) OR Ordinal (we don't know what the pain levels mean to each person-no way to have a standard unit, just interpretation)

Temperature (F)

Interval (0 degrees F is still a temperature, not a true 0)

Coping Strategy: Confrontation, avoidance, planning, etc.

Nominal

Number of pull-ups completed

Ratio

Flavor of Ice Cream

Nominal

New York Best Sellers List

Ordinal

Jersey Number

Nominal

Rankings of Universities and Colleges

Ordinal

Vertical Jumping ability (inches)

Ratio