Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. A person’s socioeconomic status is an example of a nominal level of measurement.
2. Ordinal level data are the lowest level of measurement.
3. Interval level data can have negative values, however, cannot be categorized in a uniform order.
4. A ratio variable can only have positive values.
5. A variable’s level of measurement determines the appropriate measure of association.


1. false
2. false
3. false
4. true
5. true

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