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
- Gone Girl
- Threat Vector
- Kiss The Dead
- Spring fever
- 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.
- Ratio. The data can be ordered and differences between data entries are meaningful, and a zero entry is an inherent zero.
- Interval. The data can be ordered and difference between data entries are meaningful, but a zero entry is not an inherent zero.
- Nominal. The data are categorized using names, labels, or qualities, but the data cannot be ranked or arranged in order.
- 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.