How would you measure family size at the nominal, ordinal, and ratio levels?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer:
Ratio level: How many people (excluding yourself) are in your immediate (nuclear, family of orientation)? (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, .......)
Ordinal level: Use the same question with attributes of (less than 3) (3 - 6) (more than 6) or small, medium, and large.
Nominal level: Are there other people (besides you) in your immediate family? (Yes, No) or Do you have any brothers? (Yes, No)
NOTE: Students sometimes claim the ordinal classification of (0-3) (3-5) (6 or more) is ratio because they "see" the 0 in the first category (0-3).De
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