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Provide an example of each of the four levels of measurement.

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There are four types of measurements

1. Nominal
2. Ordinal
3. Interval
4. Ratio

Nominal measurement is the crudest form of measurement. Numbers or letters or words can be used to classify the date. For example, jersey numbers in basketball game are examples of Nominal measurement. A player with number 20 is not more or less of anything than a player with number 15. Let us consider the data about people belonging to two different genders. In this case, the person belonging to the ...

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