Question

the list of books that your friend read for school for the past five months is shown below. the forgotten the racketeer kiss the dead spring fever private london identify the level of measurement of the data set. explain your reasoning. what is the data sets level of measurement? explain your reasoning. a. interval. the data can be ordered and differences between data entries are meaningful, but the zero entry is not an inherent zero. b. ordinal. the data can be arranged in order, but the differences between data entries are not meaningful. c. ratio. the data can be ordered and differences between data entries are meaningful, and the zero entry is an inherent zero. d. nominal. the data are categorized using names, labels, or qualities, but the data cannot be ranked or arranged in order.

Explanation:

The data consists of book names which are just labels. There is no way to rank or order them in a meaningful numerical - based way. For example, we can't say one book name is "greater" or "lesser" than another, and there are no meaningful differences or ratios between them.

Answer:

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