The top five books on the bestseller list last year

Question 8.

The top five books on the bestseller list last year are shown below

1. Gone Girl
2. Threat Vector
3. Kiss The Dead
4. Spring fever
5. Private London

Identify the level of measurement of the data set? Explain your reasoning.

What is data set’s level of measurement? Explain your reasoning.

1. Ratio. The data can be ordered and differences between data entries are meaningful, and a zero entry is an inherent zero.
2. Interval. The data can be ordered and difference between data entries are meaningful, but a zero entry is not an inherent zero.
3. Nominal. The data are categorized using names, labels, or qualities, but the data cannot be ranked or arranged in order.
4. Ordinal. The data can be arranged in order, or ranked but difference data entries are not meaningful.

Answer – Option 3. Nominal. The data are categorized using names, labels, or qualities, but the data cannot be ranked or arranged in order.