The jersey number for players on a basketball team is listed below
Question 7
The jersey number for players on a basketball team is listed below.
| 7 | 8 | 61 | 10 | 6 | 15 |
| 12 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 18 |
| 11 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 45 |
| 32 | 17 | 35 | 2 | 89 | 20 |
Identify the level of measurement of the data set? Explain your reasoning.
What is data set’s level of measurement? Explain your reasoning.
- Ratio. The data can be ordered and differences between data entries are meaningful, and a zero entry is an inherent zero.
- Nominal. The data are categorized using numbers, but no mathematical computations could be made.
- Interval. The data can be ordered and difference between data entries are meaningful, but a zero entry is not an inherent zero.
- Ordinal. The data can be arranged in order, or ranked but difference data entries are not meaningful.
Answer – Option 2. Nominal. The data are categorized using numbers, but no mathematical computations could be made.